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GCWweaving flawsweaving shuttles; pirns and bobbins; winding toolsweaving unitsweavolutionweft twiningwhat sold this year?woolee winderwork shopworkshopyarns for saleyear in reviewThrumsA journal about my weaving 'meanderings'http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)Blogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-7777407304126720542Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:21:00 +00002016-12-09T16:21:14.147-08:00Airedale terrierCallisnow fall on the IslandWinter InterludeWhat happens when you mix a warm Pacific low front and a cold &nbsp;Siberian Arctic air mass?<br />You get snow!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FbZYwFg9w_o/WEtGrj3CcjI/AAAAAAAAPR0/X02CRNt8Mx8Jaojcn-bJygj6UT9ksHalQCLcB/s1600/Chestnut%2Btree%2Band%2Bbirdhouse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FbZYwFg9w_o/WEtGrj3CcjI/AAAAAAAAPR0/X02CRNt8Mx8Jaojcn-bJygj6UT9ksHalQCLcB/s320/Chestnut%2Btree%2Band%2Bbirdhouse.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">swallows nest on the chestnut tree</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V4PjZ6hyUlc/WEtGwu7ab0I/AAAAAAAAPR8/W7csTfGhelsns5yEjtgxJcDMvwm22OXXACEw/s1600/Back%2Byard%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bsnow%2BDec%2B9th%2B2016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V4PjZ6hyUlc/WEtGwu7ab0I/AAAAAAAAPR8/W7csTfGhelsns5yEjtgxJcDMvwm22OXXACEw/s320/Back%2Byard%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bsnow%2BDec%2B9th%2B2016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bird bath garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hu3s67rUiIU/WEtH3RVnEWI/AAAAAAAAPSM/9uG4vVG7gv4KvbHGjC-btN9vBPCvV5KAwCEw/s1600/garden%2Bcloseup%2BDec%2B9th%2B2016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hu3s67rUiIU/WEtH3RVnEWI/AAAAAAAAPSM/9uG4vVG7gv4KvbHGjC-btN9vBPCvV5KAwCEw/s320/garden%2Bcloseup%2BDec%2B9th%2B2016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">garden trellis</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AW6sANL0oOE/WEtHj5FYxcI/AAAAAAAAPSE/Z0jEG5KR54ASZrC6u-lEMLCXMC0qYIJwQCEw/s1600/IMG_0810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AW6sANL0oOE/WEtHj5FYxcI/AAAAAAAAPSE/Z0jEG5KR54ASZrC6u-lEMLCXMC0qYIJwQCEw/s320/IMG_0810.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">snow on the hawthorn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These were taken by Bruce about midday. Since then it has snow steadily all day and there is a very thick coating on everything.....but its getting dark. &nbsp;We'll see what it looks like tomorrow when daylight returns.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sw_IC6tT50M/WEtJYxHQr5I/AAAAAAAAPSU/3CtRYR44R-4LaAwUJnupz31WPqex5dCJwCLcB/s1600/IMG_0741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sw_IC6tT50M/WEtJYxHQr5I/AAAAAAAAPSU/3CtRYR44R-4LaAwUJnupz31WPqex5dCJwCLcB/s320/IMG_0741.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't think any of this bothering Calli !</div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/12/winter-interlude.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1545314451908764783Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:57:00 +00002016-12-02T10:59:51.551-08:008 shaft elaborate twill8/2 tencelhang tagsnew business cardssettling intreadling variationstwill progressionVariations on a Theme<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, finally some weaving show and tell for you! &nbsp;Do you recall the <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2016/08/high-days-of-summer.html">scarves </a></b>I wove before the move? Well, I wound another tencel warp, this time in olive green and set the loom up as exactly as before. Same 8 shaft threading, same tie up, same sett of 24 epi and even the same type of yarn being used. &nbsp;The difference was the treadling! &nbsp; This is what you get when you treadle an elaborate M's and W's in a snowflake (or twill progression) sequence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dZj97m8uljI/WEDy2zQb7mI/AAAAAAAAPQE/UBc5P_WIgOs0VTdXqAZYIbOvSSM9CCLUQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dZj97m8uljI/WEDy2zQb7mI/AAAAAAAAPQE/UBc5P_WIgOs0VTdXqAZYIbOvSSM9CCLUQCLcB/s320/IMG_2951.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, that's a warp waiting to be beamed on the Spring.... finally!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcgS9CcYWUc/WEDzabY5YCI/AAAAAAAAPQI/Jbv4_E060xYcjNUg_JF467jhrlwb9GA2gCLcB/s1600/IMG_2952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcgS9CcYWUc/WEDzabY5YCI/AAAAAAAAPQI/Jbv4_E060xYcjNUg_JF467jhrlwb9GA2gCLcB/s320/IMG_2952.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This scarf is much nicer in person and its fully reversible.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cITXiW_y4Ds/WEDzn0zpaZI/AAAAAAAAPQM/ycdJNkDT-_Add3v7rsWQXcgSPk-4XsWlwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cITXiW_y4Ds/WEDzn0zpaZI/AAAAAAAAPQM/ycdJNkDT-_Add3v7rsWQXcgSPk-4XsWlwCLcB/s320/IMG_2953.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Snowflake treadling I used is the basic "X" portion of the snowflake and that is a series of advancing runs to a mid point and then a reversal:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1,2,3,4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2,3,4,5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3,4,5,6</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4,5,6,7</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5,6,7,8</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6,7,8</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1,7,8</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1,2,8</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1,2,3,2,1,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8,2,1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8,7,1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8,7,6</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8,7,6,5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7,6,5,4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6,5,4,3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5,4,3,2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4,3,2,1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You could try this with any type of threading, preferably in a weaving program and see what it would look like. &nbsp;Even look at the back and see if its reversible. &nbsp;You can mix and match different weaving sequences and create whole new looks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the second scarf from this warp, I took a simpler approach. Its a run on the treadles of one through to eight and back again. That's it. &nbsp;This time with a royal blue over the olive green. Now I will confess that packing was starting to take precedence over weaving and so I had to weave this up quickly and get the loom ready for the big shift.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHyALRvHqLw/WEDz7rNeBwI/AAAAAAAAPQQ/-OTeAhE8uz0siWmBTx1VZKKbsFpxFwuYACLcB/s1600/IMG_2974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PHyALRvHqLw/WEDz7rNeBwI/AAAAAAAAPQQ/-OTeAhE8uz0siWmBTx1VZKKbsFpxFwuYACLcB/s320/IMG_2974.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Excuse the crease lines. I had the scarves pressed and lightly folded waiting for some sunshine and they waited much longer than expected. &nbsp; We have had only six days with out rain in the last two months! Of those, only half had a glimpse of the sun. &nbsp; &nbsp;If you live on the west coast, you have to take the winter rains in stride. I just get on with things anyhow. There's nothing you can do about it anyway!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PJoX8iSqaWs/WED0Jz6KH8I/AAAAAAAAPQU/wG_OUygbc4E6uqRTtTN9BY4WixKJ0ke0wCLcB/s1600/IMG_2976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PJoX8iSqaWs/WED0Jz6KH8I/AAAAAAAAPQU/wG_OUygbc4E6uqRTtTN9BY4WixKJ0ke0wCLcB/s320/IMG_2976.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The iridescence in this scarf is simply lovely! &nbsp;I also played with the treadling a bit at the start and end to create a star feature. I'm considering adding some beads to play this star up a bit. It depends on my bead stash.... and whether it might be more of an annoyance than nice.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mCSrHisfjbk/WED0VRBzWLI/AAAAAAAAPQY/141NRHl3dbETAkrWYqtO_Lb2jjxRSi6zACLcB/s1600/IMG_2977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mCSrHisfjbk/WED0VRBzWLI/AAAAAAAAPQY/141NRHl3dbETAkrWYqtO_Lb2jjxRSi6zACLcB/s320/IMG_2977.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another bit of show and tell &nbsp;for you are my new hang tag cards! &nbsp; I used my own photograph and a template at Vista Print and created this folded card. &nbsp;I went for the gloss finish as I figure these represent you out there in the wide world, so make them memorable!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mK9pPiPVhpg/WED08sQPAKI/AAAAAAAAPQk/dzF0CUcAUsIa9VplE7VvP5RtojKP6nN5ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mK9pPiPVhpg/WED08sQPAKI/AAAAAAAAPQk/dzF0CUcAUsIa9VplE7VvP5RtojKP6nN5ACLcB/s320/IMG_2980.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More information on the back side, and I have a small hand held hole punch for when they are being used as a hang tag on a textile. (sorry this one has a fuzzy focus)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kBY3eHCWg_U/WED1BULxOmI/AAAAAAAAPQo/ac2WTsHpHXIlvEyQgL1jAQZF3VQxDmYfwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kBY3eHCWg_U/WED1BULxOmI/AAAAAAAAPQo/ac2WTsHpHXIlvEyQgL1jAQZF3VQxDmYfwCLcB/s320/IMG_2981.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I kept the inside simple. About the item on the top, and care instruction space on the bottom. I hand write in what is needed. &nbsp; If I'm using it like a regular business card, then you have space to write if need be. &nbsp; I'm very happy with them. &nbsp; &nbsp;I had a 30% off coupon code which was nice and then I resisted all the add on sales as I navigated my way to the check out. &nbsp;Just as I went to press 'order' they offered me double my order for an additional $9.99, which was a good deal and so I agreed. &nbsp; I have a 1000 of these now &nbsp;but since we aren't moving anymore, they will keep nicely!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e0JIKMchIf8/WED1Is8KuSI/AAAAAAAAPQs/c_A_jlounlgJZJQHXxDGFrGBELlI_YqXACLcB/s1600/IMG_2982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e0JIKMchIf8/WED1Is8KuSI/AAAAAAAAPQs/c_A_jlounlgJZJQHXxDGFrGBELlI_YqXACLcB/s320/IMG_2982.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>How did it get to be December???? &nbsp; &nbsp;I'm so not ready to do Christmas......http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/12/variations-on-theme.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-4111130095320539767Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:23:00 +00002016-11-08T09:40:12.696-08:00making a homemaking connectionsmovingorganizing the studiosettling inLanding on Our FeetSo the trucks pulled into the driveway, mats went down everywhere to protect the flooring and they began to unload our goods. &nbsp;Now unloading is a much faster process and so there was a constant stream of men with box loads on dollies asking where does this go? &nbsp;And where do you want this piece of furniture and how is it to be arranged? &nbsp; Frequently being asked all three questions at the same time and needing to be in three rooms and the front door all at the same time! &nbsp;Understandably there were no pictures taken that day, or for several days...... but we did take some of Calli enjoying her new back yard. Taken Oct 11th and note the all leaves on the trees.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RttaVZRJ1RQ/WB_QncqgJoI/AAAAAAAAPNg/b_dBT0acTAs7dV8xJM8MMmj5bRhKx1DSgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RttaVZRJ1RQ/WB_QncqgJoI/AAAAAAAAPNg/b_dBT0acTAs7dV8xJM8MMmj5bRhKx1DSgCLcB/s320/IMG_1815.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Pd0Xo9r_8M/WB_QXl8ZvMI/AAAAAAAAPNY/6jNDXgW3EXMZclv9utLI72WW_cnyHNRvQCEw/s1600/IMG_1814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Pd0Xo9r_8M/WB_QXl8ZvMI/AAAAAAAAPNY/6jNDXgW3EXMZclv9utLI72WW_cnyHNRvQCEw/s320/IMG_1814.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The yard is fully fenced but somehow she has managed to get out twice. So no unescorted yard visits until we find out where the hole is! &nbsp;Trust me, Bruce has looked and she never tries to use the hole when we are there with her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gT9_ebOGi3g/WB_QkqU8FwI/AAAAAAAAPNc/vQ5tIQzIvhIVuhndulJ_NnQZAk99uhhbACEw/s1600/IMG_1818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gT9_ebOGi3g/WB_QkqU8FwI/AAAAAAAAPNc/vQ5tIQzIvhIVuhndulJ_NnQZAk99uhhbACEw/s320/IMG_1818.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We knew we would not have a formal dining room furniture for a time so that empty space became the default zone for anything we didn't know or were unsure of. &nbsp; So you can imagine how full that floor space became in a hurry!<br /><br />Even if you have similar named rooms in past and present homes, it doesn't always translate through the same, depending on many variables such as door positions, the room's shape, &nbsp;and windows etc. &nbsp;Large furniture is placed by the movers and so you must at least try to get that right (or close to it). &nbsp;We had tried to envision major furniture placements the night before when the house was totally empty but the reality of when they physically bring in the goods is a whole other deal! &nbsp;We'll be tweaking and fine tuning things for a time, as and when we have some extra manpower to hand.<br /><br />Moving is never easy &nbsp;but somehow at our age it is simply exhausting, so we woke late on the first morning in our new place surrounded by heaps of boxes everywhere and no coffee maker in sight! &nbsp; I set to opening and getting the kitchen in place. Trying to figure out the best work flow and where stuff will best fit. &nbsp;Next up were the bathrooms, then the linens.... and day after day went by in a blur! &nbsp;Finally, after Bruce had taken *many* loads of crushed packing paper and collapsed boxes to the recycler, &nbsp;we seemed to turn a corner and it felt more home than box warehouse.<br /><br />We have also found groceries stores, got a new doctor set up and introduced ourselves to our usual banks. &nbsp; Found a pizza place too....<br /><br />So here are some pictures of the new place and studio:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-heZjYtYHS7I/WB_Us4x86jI/AAAAAAAAPN0/GQk5lKXZG6Q1lDSGeBxVzIlxH6sUPw_NACLcB/s1600/IMG_2858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-heZjYtYHS7I/WB_Us4x86jI/AAAAAAAAPN0/GQk5lKXZG6Q1lDSGeBxVzIlxH6sUPw_NACLcB/s320/IMG_2858.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one shows the boxes, loom parts and such dropped into the studio space. &nbsp;Technically its supposed to be the master bedroom but it made sense to use the second bedroom room for us and this room for the studio. There are also two closets that were also crammed full of boxes too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V2wgD1rUA2k/WB_Umb5qWtI/AAAAAAAAPNs/vcaiR_HBQxEmOM7DK67AB_df3DreKURhACLcB/s1600/IMG_2859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V2wgD1rUA2k/WB_Umb5qWtI/AAAAAAAAPNs/vcaiR_HBQxEmOM7DK67AB_df3DreKURhACLcB/s320/IMG_2859.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, where to start? &nbsp; &nbsp;I had to empty out the closets, open up the boxes and then refill the closets with shelving &nbsp;and then as much yarn and equipment as I could reasonably fit in there. Which was quite a bit! &nbsp;I would then know what I had left to deal with in the main room. &nbsp;That space is unique for its alcove with windows at one end, a French door that runs diagonally across one wall &nbsp;..... and ends with an ensuite bathroom at the opposite! &nbsp;More pictures on that later.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbBV-Gnge_M/WB_UrtPu6pI/AAAAAAAAPNw/eIrYs-ob7wY4wgip8UZMIKlu7r7DEjQrQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbBV-Gnge_M/WB_UrtPu6pI/AAAAAAAAPNw/eIrYs-ob7wY4wgip8UZMIKlu7r7DEjQrQCLcB/s320/IMG_2862.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Calli enjoying the view out front through the full glass doors. I foresee an almost permanent line of nose prints to clean for some years to come.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vpf7tZ5fDe0/WB_VWMcPwWI/AAAAAAAAPN4/IxM_W8XZ5SgMSs6dMJBVMW3WjVD8WH2FQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vpf7tZ5fDe0/WB_VWMcPwWI/AAAAAAAAPN4/IxM_W8XZ5SgMSs6dMJBVMW3WjVD8WH2FQCLcB/s320/IMG_2863.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On October 12th, we had the formal dining area finally cleared and our new rug down and movers brought in our 'new to us' dining room suite. &nbsp; We had gone with pro movers (with insurance) as there are several pieces and lots of glass and mirrors. &nbsp;To their credit, they had managed to get it down a curved spiral staircase, into a truck and driven here safely and in one piece.... only to break the curved glass door as they were about to unload the cabinet. The second cabinet has straight glass which would have been so much simpler to replace too. &nbsp;The moving company immediately got the claim set up and a woodworker came to examine the damaged wood from falling glass, cracked door frame and miscellaneous scratches. &nbsp;He can work his magic on all of that and took away the good curved glass door and it was on its way to a glass blower on the southern part of the island to make another new door! &nbsp;There's no time frame on when we will see the new door so we are patiently waiting. &nbsp;I suspect it will take some time. That means several boxes of fine china are waiting for the repairs and new doors for unloading....&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6HoQdgCDMGw/WB_VahJsHcI/AAAAAAAAPN8/xPzOaKk9sA8OBlQDyfpLy8S6_NBDSgYVgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6HoQdgCDMGw/WB_VahJsHcI/AAAAAAAAPN8/xPzOaKk9sA8OBlQDyfpLy8S6_NBDSgYVgCLcB/s320/IMG_2867.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Calli likes all the new rugs &nbsp;:)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PbQuE77fIRA/WB_VlvlyVYI/AAAAAAAAPOE/sOxePyadSPwo642RpwMhFMt2mNFulWm7QCLcB/s1600/IMG_2870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PbQuE77fIRA/WB_VlvlyVYI/AAAAAAAAPOE/sOxePyadSPwo642RpwMhFMt2mNFulWm7QCLcB/s320/IMG_2870.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Below shows the studio in a stage of unboxing.... books on shelves and some order is starting to show. It seemed to be a lot of shifting stuff around for the longest time.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7q8RW7GuNto/WB_WSy5l5WI/AAAAAAAAPOM/TFc53eelj3AJ22cBsboK32akaxE-i4S_QCLcB/s1600/IMG_2877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7q8RW7GuNto/WB_WSy5l5WI/AAAAAAAAPOM/TFc53eelj3AJ22cBsboK32akaxE-i4S_QCLcB/s320/IMG_2877.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below is the view from the studio alcove windows. &nbsp;By this point we had more than a few storms blow through and some torrential rains. The chestnut tree, on the left, shows the predominate wind direction!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JpDZee6NfIc/WB_WhFSHAcI/AAAAAAAAPOQ/tK4z_zmTDFANtEYBzZYuX7TsrwdA08eVACLcB/s1600/IMG_2881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JpDZee6NfIc/WB_WhFSHAcI/AAAAAAAAPOQ/tK4z_zmTDFANtEYBzZYuX7TsrwdA08eVACLcB/s320/IMG_2881.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />We just kept on chipping away at the boxes and finding new places to squirrel stuff away. &nbsp;Or at least organizing them into logical piles in the garage. Occasionally we would take a day off and go into town. &nbsp;Overall, we're slowly working out what we might need to buy and add to the home, and also discovering what doesn't work and we'll part with. &nbsp;This house is quite different from our last and somethings just won't make the transition! Last house was built late 1970's and more 'country' feel.... and this one is built in the late 1990's and more modern in design. (Yesterday the house was filled with sunshine but it didn't come through very well in the pictures. I will retake them with full lights on another sunny day.... which maybe a while given the Pacific storm tracks right now).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2s-emEuRQwQ/WCATL6X9ThI/AAAAAAAAPO4/Azku3gEg90Usxaqg49w0LnTBJFCmD2KvACLcB/s1600/IMG_2905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2s-emEuRQwQ/WCATL6X9ThI/AAAAAAAAPO4/Azku3gEg90Usxaqg49w0LnTBJFCmD2KvACLcB/s320/IMG_2905.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kitchen</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DmKKK-0krW8/WCATxACQKRI/AAAAAAAAPPI/huKj3ZyaEug04D05G1FyfOchWeVNhAvIQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DmKKK-0krW8/WCATxACQKRI/AAAAAAAAPPI/huKj3ZyaEug04D05G1FyfOchWeVNhAvIQCLcB/s320/IMG_2910.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The breakfast dinette</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5B2nuIp-pIA/WCATvejVi7I/AAAAAAAAPPQ/BYN9BEJXloQbAmBhNm446v2DYXDluZsVQCEw/s1600/IMG_2908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5B2nuIp-pIA/WCATvejVi7I/AAAAAAAAPPQ/BYN9BEJXloQbAmBhNm446v2DYXDluZsVQCEw/s320/IMG_2908.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The formal dining room (the white door is the entry to the studio)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Snsw1D8F14/WCASP4fj8yI/AAAAAAAAPPA/9JbCu0Za7FAQIifroddpJrXnztptOXM5wCEw/s1600/IMG_2901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Snsw1D8F14/WCASP4fj8yI/AAAAAAAAPPA/9JbCu0Za7FAQIifroddpJrXnztptOXM5wCEw/s320/IMG_2901.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Opposite the dining room and some 'stuff' that needs to have some decisions made on. You can see the openness of the upper structure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-otuuRXMcr7E/WCATCzdMgoI/AAAAAAAAPPQ/28Mu_DeTidM8udSZeYzYnG7Zct7XHxBHACEw/s1600/IMG_2903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-otuuRXMcr7E/WCATCzdMgoI/AAAAAAAAPPQ/28Mu_DeTidM8udSZeYzYnG7Zct7XHxBHACEw/s320/IMG_2903.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then to the left, a lovely area to sit quietly or read a book. We are going to be re-inventing this space soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iw5TI4oG12Q/WCASRwL9FjI/AAAAAAAAPPA/cHBrDO7qh1YAUH-50t-pLFaWg_JyfvzBQCEw/s1600/IMG_2902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iw5TI4oG12Q/WCASRwL9FjI/AAAAAAAAPPA/cHBrDO7qh1YAUH-50t-pLFaWg_JyfvzBQCEw/s320/IMG_2902.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, there's the new studio... which was formerly the master bedroom. We are using the second bedroom. &nbsp;This is looking towards the alcove which has windows on two sides.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3GJx5sMYPw/WCAejyj7K4I/AAAAAAAAPPk/gPqIrD9TpQg_hOcJDINCUF5CCDuTNGvswCLcB/s1600/IMG_2896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3GJx5sMYPw/WCAejyj7K4I/AAAAAAAAPPk/gPqIrD9TpQg_hOcJDINCUF5CCDuTNGvswCLcB/s320/IMG_2896.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and this is the view from the alcove windows....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JpDZee6NfIc/WB_WhFSHAcI/AAAAAAAAPOg/nC1LXMdZaUQzrTIv6UkY_oy8q7_nKv4fgCEw/s1600/IMG_2881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JpDZee6NfIc/WB_WhFSHAcI/AAAAAAAAPOg/nC1LXMdZaUQzrTIv6UkY_oy8q7_nKv4fgCEw/s320/IMG_2881.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and down the other end of the room....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O6IEhiBq4Gk/WCAem1fHwxI/AAAAAAAAPPs/qLEENinBXIUvNw5Q5jxZT0PXqacOq0ZtACEw/s1600/IMG_2898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O6IEhiBq4Gk/WCAem1fHwxI/AAAAAAAAPPs/qLEENinBXIUvNw5Q5jxZT0PXqacOq0ZtACEw/s320/IMG_2898.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, that's the ensuite bathroom you get a peak of down there at the end. &nbsp;A bit odd I grant you but what the heck! Then there is the nice side benefit of a walk in closet for the yarn. &nbsp;I added more shelving to the existing shelf units and then packed in as much as I could!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSs1WeIIf9o/WCAeG-f2KoI/AAAAAAAAPPs/KT7Jl8zohugLkVUEcw8fB5xvUx5F7VXMwCEw/s1600/IMG_2891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSs1WeIIf9o/WCAeG-f2KoI/AAAAAAAAPPs/KT7Jl8zohugLkVUEcw8fB5xvUx5F7VXMwCEw/s320/IMG_2891.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, I have started re-assembling the Megado but this is as far as I can go with it for now. There are four long carriage bolts that secure the front portion to the main loom and I'm missing four barrel nuts that seal the deal. &nbsp;There was nothing left in the old studio and the parts are not in my container.... so I can only assume they fell out later and are rolling around in the back of the moving truck, or swept out as junk. &nbsp; I have four new ones coming from Louet and hopefully it won't take long to arrive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C9DrniHJmow/WCAd-8c62rI/AAAAAAAAPPs/ZW1l5mNaYN8KUcNxx5OR9UmreNFiAsf_ACEw/s1600/IMG_2895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C9DrniHJmow/WCAd-8c62rI/AAAAAAAAPPs/ZW1l5mNaYN8KUcNxx5OR9UmreNFiAsf_ACEw/s320/IMG_2895.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can move on with loading the Spring or fringe twist some scarves, but re-working the tie up is an issue for me. &nbsp;I can't get down on the floor and the crates I normally use to lift the loom up so I can do the tie up are all under the Megado! &nbsp; &nbsp;Oops..... so I'd best start with the fringe twisting.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lucky you.... because that means "show and tell" next in the next blog post!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/11/landing-on-our-feet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-841207507740098877Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:03:00 +00002016-10-25T12:21:44.637-07:00in transitionmovingnew homeselling and movingBetween There and Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a weird feeling driving away from our old house for the last time. The new owners were walking up the road hand in hand to the house and we were off up island towing a trailer load of last minute things, some house plants and the dog. &nbsp;There was many feelings swirling about but the overwhelming one was that of a chapter in our lives was closing and a new one starting.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We didn't get too far north, reached the little town of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemainus">Chemainus</a></b> and dropped Calli off at her usual kennel for a play session and overnight stay.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JWNweAzj9Sg/WAJs7esFvfI/AAAAAAAAPLs/QAEnSc7U6sID81FLKzWZ9PLuZ4YpLmvXACLcB/s1600/IMG_1787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JWNweAzj9Sg/WAJs7esFvfI/AAAAAAAAPLs/QAEnSc7U6sID81FLKzWZ9PLuZ4YpLmvXACLcB/s320/IMG_1787.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then not too far away, we stayed here for the night<b> &nbsp;<a href="http://hotelsinchemainusbc.h.bestwestern.com/">Best Western Chemainus</a>. </b>&nbsp; The idea was to stay reasonably local and then we could tie up loose ends in the area and at the old house. &nbsp; I guess I had mentioned bringing our dog Calli along for our stay and the hotel had this little guest package ready for her. It was quite sweet! &nbsp; Notice the dog bed has a nice goose eye twill.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-br4J5jDuWQs/WAJuv9-oWMI/AAAAAAAAPMQ/f4FaDnvV-JI5167uy0Xdrp-H4wsMEzbzACLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-15%2Bat%2B10.56.12%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-br4J5jDuWQs/WAJuv9-oWMI/AAAAAAAAPMQ/f4FaDnvV-JI5167uy0Xdrp-H4wsMEzbzACLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-15%2Bat%2B10.56.12%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had stayed here while we were house hunting back in 2007 and it somehow seemed appropriate to finish things in the Cowichan Valley here as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a nice drive up island of two- three hours to our new community of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_River,_British_Columbia">Campbell River</a>. </b>&nbsp;It was getting late in the day but we drive round to the new house and had a walk around of the empty home, trying to envision where we'd place furniture the next day. &nbsp; &nbsp;We went and had dinner at a restaurant in town and drove a bit north out of town to&nbsp;<b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.painterslodge.com/">Painters Lodge</a>. </b><span style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Its a resort famous for its fishing charters and outfitter guides to the more wild northern part of Vancouver Island. It has been welcoming guests since 1929. &nbsp;It also has a water taxi boat over to &nbsp;Quadra Island and its sister business <b><a href="http://www.aprilpoint.com/">April Point Resort and Spa</a>. </b>&nbsp; &nbsp;After all the stress of moving, the spa part sounded &nbsp;really nice right about then!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BsvT8xEqQyE/WAJs7h416QI/AAAAAAAAPLw/yDXguQflnSYLhDBWkq5ZCegfcvbg3tFWACLcB/s1600/IMG_1790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BsvT8xEqQyE/WAJs7h416QI/AAAAAAAAPLw/yDXguQflnSYLhDBWkq5ZCegfcvbg3tFWACLcB/s320/IMG_1790.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was after dark when we arrived and we snapped this cell phone picture of the main lodge, fireplace must be blazing inside and you could hear the sound of live music coming from the &nbsp;great room. &nbsp;We checked in and went to our cabin by the water. &nbsp;We were all so tired! &nbsp;Calli put herself to bed right away and we thought that was a good idea too. The next day was to start early and would be a long one!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lH3PhJjo7MQ/WAJtW3AU0WI/AAAAAAAAPMA/uGRcuCi1orI6MLwNtXRpEow3qYaArvoEQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lH3PhJjo7MQ/WAJtW3AU0WI/AAAAAAAAPMA/uGRcuCi1orI6MLwNtXRpEow3qYaArvoEQCLcB/s320/IMG_1793.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So just at first light, I saw Calli checking out the view. Seems we were at the waters edge and had a &nbsp;good view of the docks and boats. &nbsp;You could see people making their way down to the dock to take a boat out on a fishing charter. &nbsp;I checked their guide book in the room and read that this was a good time to catch <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chum_salmon">Chum salmon</a>.&nbsp;</b> &nbsp; Bruce took Calli for a walk and snapped this picture. Sorry its a bit dark but it was 6:30- 7 am ! &nbsp; &nbsp;We also found out that both resorts, Painter's Lodge and April Point, are up for sale. &nbsp;No telling what direction they would be going once they are sold. &nbsp;I can say that we stayed here but truthfully, we didn't see very much!&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-321m2T8vedM/WAJtbJnw65I/AAAAAAAAPME/dOc37ho5fU8ee_syUl-leKSc3JfJsMjYACLcB/s1600/Painters%2BLodge%252C%2BCampbell%2BRiver%2BBC.%2B%2BOct%2B1st%2Bearly%2Bam..JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-321m2T8vedM/WAJtbJnw65I/AAAAAAAAPME/dOc37ho5fU8ee_syUl-leKSc3JfJsMjYACLcB/s320/Painters%2BLodge%252C%2BCampbell%2BRiver%2BBC.%2B%2BOct%2B1st%2Bearly%2Bam..JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>We got some breakfast in town and headed over to the new house, just in time to see two familiar five ton trucks roll into the driveway and our very long day began.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br />Changing the subject entirely .... today, October 25th, is our 31st wedding anniversary. &nbsp;Not too shabby for second time arounders huh? &nbsp;No cards, no flowers this year.... but we may go out for supper tonight. &nbsp;We gave each other a new house !<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UftRZs-e2HI/WA-cJjJnb8I/AAAAAAAAPNA/-2397N5gPWMDM1-Zsrl8qTaWEbfaY8fUACLcB/s1600/Scan.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UftRZs-e2HI/WA-cJjJnb8I/AAAAAAAAPNA/-2397N5gPWMDM1-Zsrl8qTaWEbfaY8fUACLcB/s320/Scan.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1985</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_SLGkk7o3OQ/WA-YdMIjcGI/AAAAAAAAPMs/6-ibMi7y2bwuaF353SFLwo1CQW00WmpCgCEw/s1600/Scan%2B115.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_SLGkk7o3OQ/WA-YdMIjcGI/AAAAAAAAPMs/6-ibMi7y2bwuaF353SFLwo1CQW00WmpCgCEw/s320/Scan%2B115.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1987</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJdpCkcEB8k/WA-Yx0A5a_I/AAAAAAAAPM0/LjjI5jp17jYbsMRcqOm-5-0yAOaMWZLxgCEw/s1600/Scan%2B45.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJdpCkcEB8k/WA-Yx0A5a_I/AAAAAAAAPM0/LjjI5jp17jYbsMRcqOm-5-0yAOaMWZLxgCEw/s320/Scan%2B45.jpeg" width="229" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1995</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IrVHE5veu94/WA-YDweHshI/AAAAAAAAPMk/S6ikAjm0BCMI6CDoSnNnmV_3zn9l9LNsQCEw/s1600/3rd%2Bdrink%2Band%2Bstill%2Bno%2Bdinner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IrVHE5veu94/WA-YDweHshI/AAAAAAAAPMk/S6ikAjm0BCMI6CDoSnNnmV_3zn9l9LNsQCEw/s320/3rd%2Bdrink%2Band%2Bstill%2Bno%2Bdinner.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1997</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QYhEN-cheDE/WA-Ym3lgXHI/AAAAAAAAPMw/wE1Df70wnBcz68FDeirdnkEXR6D9aq-7wCEw/s1600/Scan%2B186.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QYhEN-cheDE/WA-Ym3lgXHI/AAAAAAAAPMw/wE1Df70wnBcz68FDeirdnkEXR6D9aq-7wCEw/s320/Scan%2B186.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1998 or 1999</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gqlrv6m3ey8/WA-YEOtr-9I/AAAAAAAAPMo/3NoFINIrYBoGVz36OHX9b0KfuSj_r29dQCEw/s1600/3758337157_588ecfa107_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gqlrv6m3ey8/WA-YEOtr-9I/AAAAAAAAPMo/3NoFINIrYBoGVz36OHX9b0KfuSj_r29dQCEw/s320/3758337157_588ecfa107_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">2013</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/10/between-there-and-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-37252668779850417Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:52:00 +00002016-10-17T09:50:48.543-07:00moving forwardnew adventuresselling and movingPulling Up Stakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, after all our prep work and waiting all summer long, the day finally came for the packers from the moving company to arrive. &nbsp;The kitchen cupboards were full of china and many other full cupboards. We had downsized as much as we could anticipate (and that is the key word for this!). The crew arrived bright and early and said it would take them two days to pack everything including the garage and outdoor gardening gear.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Amazing, when you think of how fast it can go when you know what you are doing! &nbsp;They also arrived with this well supplied truck loaded with boxes of every size, tape galore and an endless supply of packing paper. &nbsp;They were packing machines and powered their way through our house!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8Bf2RrkXcw/WAJoHrU9lXI/AAAAAAAAPKc/60iJ5XnHa0kZB-pjEXdKchVD4V9TgCZagCLcB/s1600/IMG_2752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8Bf2RrkXcw/WAJoHrU9lXI/AAAAAAAAPKc/60iJ5XnHa0kZB-pjEXdKchVD4V9TgCZagCLcB/s320/IMG_2752.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the end of the first day they had boxed up everything but the basics. They left us two cups, plates, cutlery, the coffee maker, our bed, the TV and dog food for Calli.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NO4NF4TQ5Oc/WAJoFlm3LXI/AAAAAAAAPKU/2WxSos8NW40xyXnvKZNgtfQe1uq2sc0DQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NO4NF4TQ5Oc/WAJoFlm3LXI/AAAAAAAAPKU/2WxSos8NW40xyXnvKZNgtfQe1uq2sc0DQCLcB/s320/IMG_2766.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It felt strange having these 'tunnels' of boxes to walk through all neatly stacked. Only marked "kitchen" or "linen cupboard". It was the same downstairs too. Below is Bruce's office. Books, office equipment and paraphernalia all neatly parcel and stacked. &nbsp;We ate pizza and watched TV. &nbsp;It felt kinda weird .....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W7aLgbpagTg/WAJoHJN8mSI/AAAAAAAAPKY/sk17-X6-RqcZZRin-6vwLPz-WVVOK8rVgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W7aLgbpagTg/WAJoHJN8mSI/AAAAAAAAPKY/sk17-X6-RqcZZRin-6vwLPz-WVVOK8rVgCLcB/s320/IMG_2780.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Earlier in the day I walked through the studio when the yarns were being boxed and the &nbsp;guy working commented "I've moved craft studios before, even looms before.... but this is the most yarn I have ever packed up". &nbsp;So what do you say to that? &nbsp; &nbsp; Thank you! &nbsp;😇 &nbsp;They assured me that my babies, the looms, &nbsp;would be well wrapped and cared for. I decided the best way to handle that was to not be around when they did the deed. What I didn't know would save my one good nerve left.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iiIzfRGmEYs/WAJo3uMOo4I/AAAAAAAAPKg/WmCIoN2xow8FiqshMvURVxKJeMKXpDlqwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iiIzfRGmEYs/WAJo3uMOo4I/AAAAAAAAPKg/WmCIoN2xow8FiqshMvURVxKJeMKXpDlqwCLcB/s320/IMG_2782.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-boMWWuk8axc/WAJo4KseBCI/AAAAAAAAPKk/mjD3SDZI99sIenSE-ctlSVkk6H0vuW0JgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-boMWWuk8axc/WAJo4KseBCI/AAAAAAAAPKk/mjD3SDZI99sIenSE-ctlSVkk6H0vuW0JgCLcB/s320/IMG_2783.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On September 29th, the two five-ton trucks arrived and neatly parked within inches of each other in the driveway. &nbsp;It was quite the symphony men and dollies as boxes were carted out the door and arranged on the lawn outside. Thankfully it was over cast but no rain. They emptied the upper floor first. &nbsp;It slowed down some at the truck as they carefully fit together a jigsaw puzzle of our household goods into a neat and tidy wall. &nbsp;They needed a flat front to the load and then using &nbsp;tie down cords, they cinched it into place so the load would not shift. Then they would build another layer. &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XpQT75bUCfM/WAJo_pmWG8I/AAAAAAAAPKs/pEXzljx9XCw8NjmW6PjXtmOpD84QksVWgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XpQT75bUCfM/WAJo_pmWG8I/AAAAAAAAPKs/pEXzljx9XCw8NjmW6PjXtmOpD84QksVWgCLcB/s320/IMG_2788.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One young helper likened it to a giant Tetris game. I nodded in agreement (but I never played or understand video games like that.) &nbsp; &nbsp;He said loading took longer due to the fitting process but unloading usually was done in half the time. &nbsp;I hope so since we're paying by the hour! &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lCWGdc4rtUo/WAJplnEItGI/AAAAAAAAPKw/pDcwlKm5UMU7DHBEDBw8Wd7vLIsu8tosQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lCWGdc4rtUo/WAJplnEItGI/AAAAAAAAPKw/pDcwlKm5UMU7DHBEDBw8Wd7vLIsu8tosQCLcB/s320/IMG_2789.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7f6SBPKiAX4/WAJpoWrTa8I/AAAAAAAAPK4/0P1XxJ0JFOgDGT45zP7b6JJRU49dA6pkgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7f6SBPKiAX4/WAJpoWrTa8I/AAAAAAAAPK4/0P1XxJ0JFOgDGT45zP7b6JJRU49dA6pkgCLcB/s320/IMG_2792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everything in the house, with the exception of a few items fit into the five ton truck. That includes three looms and loads of yarn..... and all of our books. &nbsp; The second truck gathered up all the patio furniture and garden shed stuff and headed down to the garage for the last part of the job.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJUQwkUuNaM/WAJpmlA0c7I/AAAAAAAAPK0/ATJV0GMDYDcdlTbCSW01Tp5hIacPuL2SACLcB/s1600/IMG_2795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OJUQwkUuNaM/WAJpmlA0c7I/AAAAAAAAPK0/ATJV0GMDYDcdlTbCSW01Tp5hIacPuL2SACLcB/s320/IMG_2795.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then the trucks rolled away to be in a storage yard for two days and we were officially home less. &nbsp;Well, we still owned it for two days but it was completely empty and waiting for the cleaners to come the next day. &nbsp;Technically the possession was for Oct 1st but the new owners got the keys mid afternoon of the 30th. &nbsp;I took time out to walk about, check for any forgotten items and take some last pictures.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ejuQOkXfTy8/WAJqealToXI/AAAAAAAAPLE/hzwksiiv_aIS1EArnc-kBEHQYEOhTEbxACLcB/s1600/IMG_2797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ejuQOkXfTy8/WAJqealToXI/AAAAAAAAPLE/hzwksiiv_aIS1EArnc-kBEHQYEOhTEbxACLcB/s320/IMG_2797.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Hib_LonBY/WAJqQRXBYDI/AAAAAAAAPK8/zRE7Q4NABuMhewqn5WlSX0E0MQeT34CywCLcB/s1600/IMG_2799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A_Hib_LonBY/WAJqQRXBYDI/AAAAAAAAPK8/zRE7Q4NABuMhewqn5WlSX0E0MQeT34CywCLcB/s320/IMG_2799.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fireplace wall was the only original item from when the house was built in 1979.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UYhOr3aTp1g/WAJqTCJ3T_I/AAAAAAAAPLA/uJhFR2SpPsQpR1wuznH8y_k1PX89WJQ2wCLcB/s1600/IMG_2802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UYhOr3aTp1g/WAJqTCJ3T_I/AAAAAAAAPLA/uJhFR2SpPsQpR1wuznH8y_k1PX89WJQ2wCLcB/s320/IMG_2802.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our personally designed kitchen, new in 2010.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GnAM75DGWOg/WAJq34SQeNI/AAAAAAAAPLM/1Uc2NePoS5g9wFr42iM99E386iwe6Ux0ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GnAM75DGWOg/WAJq34SQeNI/AAAAAAAAPLM/1Uc2NePoS5g9wFr42iM99E386iwe6Ux0ACLcB/s320/IMG_2804.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lovely hardwood floor "Imperial Walnut" and new doors and windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7j5EuNGKJ3A/WAJrjKsbMcI/AAAAAAAAPLY/s7LVUhsoShoJXkiwpFI687mwjjvOVYdzACLcB/s1600/IMG_2826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7j5EuNGKJ3A/WAJrjKsbMcI/AAAAAAAAPLY/s7LVUhsoShoJXkiwpFI687mwjjvOVYdzACLcB/s320/IMG_2826.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..... and a completely empty studio! &nbsp;Not even a thrum left behind, though there some lint bunnies.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rJffr2AERAQ/WAJrtmk7pXI/AAAAAAAAPLc/3A5oP40CDM4mYSIeHyAmJ_-wycKcoiONwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rJffr2AERAQ/WAJrtmk7pXI/AAAAAAAAPLc/3A5oP40CDM4mYSIeHyAmJ_-wycKcoiONwCLcB/s320/IMG_2828.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below is where the big Woolhouse Tools countermarch sat for years.... then more recently, the Megado. After nine years and one month, this chapter in our lives was over. This room would soon be filled with a large screen TV, comfy couch, and two kids, two dogs, two cats and a whole new focus for the home and property.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AwfuAk0sJ-o/WAJr11tSnjI/AAAAAAAAPLg/DQiyOhqqzN8pLSabXqk6mYAgVrwcMWFGQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AwfuAk0sJ-o/WAJr11tSnjI/AAAAAAAAPLg/DQiyOhqqzN8pLSabXqk6mYAgVrwcMWFGQCLcB/s320/IMG_2829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The path was clear for us to leave and so we were off to our hotel for the night. &nbsp;Next instalment will cover our &nbsp;transition between homes, and communities. &nbsp;It seems you are never too old for new adventure!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rag3p-U1THg/WAJsH6SoyxI/AAAAAAAAPLk/pnnzvkas93Q1FGjBFXnkmEt_viBgViDTACLcB/s1600/IMG_2850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rag3p-U1THg/WAJsH6SoyxI/AAAAAAAAPLk/pnnzvkas93Q1FGjBFXnkmEt_viBgViDTACLcB/s320/IMG_2850.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/10/pulling-up-stakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1853740471394291918Sat, 24 Sep 2016 23:09:00 +00002016-09-24T16:09:15.606-07:00Calliknee replacement recoverymovingselling and movingWaiting.....Our world is pretty topsy turvey right now!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gw4uaVRgnDU/V-cD1-u1phI/AAAAAAAAPJE/vJxIrvlzQ98FFNpKlhSc8lr8B5cqZ2ckACEw/s1600/IMG_2746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gw4uaVRgnDU/V-cD1-u1phI/AAAAAAAAPJE/vJxIrvlzQ98FFNpKlhSc8lr8B5cqZ2ckACEw/s320/IMG_2746.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--OwHDoJNF6Y/V-cEQolyjHI/AAAAAAAAPI8/UNdEmC1vJ2wQvz8HRLI5pm93mg3_81pUQCEw/s1600/IMG_2750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--OwHDoJNF6Y/V-cEQolyjHI/AAAAAAAAPI8/UNdEmC1vJ2wQvz8HRLI5pm93mg3_81pUQCEw/s320/IMG_2750.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The studio is in bits and bundles. The family china is wrapped, boxed and gone already. &nbsp; &nbsp;Nothing to but wait for the packers and movers this coming week. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp;The calm before the storm...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJwfL-aRAKM/V-cES545ttI/AAAAAAAAPJA/aARk1jzqHmYozhlpMJAQDc0UoVz7xxzNwCEw/s1600/IMG_2751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJwfL-aRAKM/V-cES545ttI/AAAAAAAAPJA/aARk1jzqHmYozhlpMJAQDc0UoVz7xxzNwCEw/s320/IMG_2751.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think Calli suspects something is going on. She keeps pretty close to either us or her bed. The suitcases purposefully haven't come out of storage &nbsp;as yet as when they do, that means 'kennel-visit' to her'. &nbsp;Except this time she's coming with us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It will be my one year anniversary of my new knee on the 28th. What a difference a year makes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you on the other side of this adventure in moving...</div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/09/waiting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1526425142386667338Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:29:00 +00002016-09-12T18:49:10.083-07:008 shaft elaborate twill8/2 tencelart decoselling and movingtreadling variationsNeither Here or ThereIt feels weird at home right now and I suspect it will for a time to come. &nbsp;(No matter which house we're in.) &nbsp;We have started visiting local businesses we frequent and friends in this area and saying good bye. &nbsp;We went and saw our family Doctor and and caught up on things there too.<br /><br />In between this we're at home purging closets and cupboards. I'm amazed at what I'm finding as I'm not a fan of keeping stuff and try to &nbsp;have a relatively clutter free home. &nbsp;Its like the stuff breeds when the doors are closed.<br /><br />We sold off our guest room furniture and so now have one (almost) empty room. &nbsp; We decided to sell our Colonial style dining room set. We bought it second hand in the late 1990's and it was always meant to be a temporary arrangement until we got our ducks in a row and bought something else. &nbsp;Well, you know how Life is..... the ducks never quite behaved.<br /><br />Bruce was checking the "Used Nanaimo" web site on line and found a rather unique dining room table and six chairs , and also two hutches / china cabinets for sale. &nbsp; Some research told us it was a reproduction of a French 1930's Art Deco &nbsp;model. &nbsp;(Here's <b><a href="http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/faddt17.htm">a link to the real deal</a></b>) &nbsp;We drove up island and had a look at it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4vnnGARWk4/V9TRXG878NI/AAAAAAAAPG8/4G1dU9AN8zEt_DDju396NvdujSl5VRrPgCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-06%2Bat%2B7.54.36%2BPM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4vnnGARWk4/V9TRXG878NI/AAAAAAAAPG8/4G1dU9AN8zEt_DDju396NvdujSl5VRrPgCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-09-06%2Bat%2B7.54.36%2BPM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The table is just over seven feet long and so it will make a lovely set for the dining room. &nbsp;Gently used and not at new retail pricing! &nbsp; It will come to our new home in mid October. <br /><br />We were so excited about this new addition that we stopped at Home Sense on our way home and bought a new rug for underneath. &nbsp; Now I had some nice comments about the home but a couple did mention the lack of colour.... or vanilla decor. &nbsp;We may in time add accent colours to some walls but for now we're leaving things as they are. &nbsp;We'd like get a feel for the place first and add colour by way of &nbsp;accessories. &nbsp; So we started with this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RaXHQww4znE/V9TR7b5IxEI/AAAAAAAAPHA/JSMXVRiDUswclsGCsm2E-qDHQzwE1-4ogCEw/s1600/IMG_2744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RaXHQww4znE/V9TR7b5IxEI/AAAAAAAAPHA/JSMXVRiDUswclsGCsm2E-qDHQzwE1-4ogCEw/s320/IMG_2744.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMuodT1kYOQ/V9TR_PV25TI/AAAAAAAAPHE/i6BKamA60W4ZrGsxHNcRch7vPpIvUqr3QCEw/s1600/IMG_2745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMuodT1kYOQ/V9TR_PV25TI/AAAAAAAAPHE/i6BKamA60W4ZrGsxHNcRch7vPpIvUqr3QCEw/s320/IMG_2745.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />We got one rug that is 5 x 7 and a larger one for under the new table of 9 x 12. &nbsp; &nbsp;Its made in Belgium and the fibre is lyocell.... or tencel! &nbsp;Europeans use tencel for bed linens and many other household effects. &nbsp; I hope to use the smaller one under the dinette. &nbsp; &nbsp;So we now have an accent colour chosen to liven things up!<br /><br />I wove off the last scarf on the Louet Spring and they are rolled up and packed. I'll finish them once we are more settled. &nbsp; I made a big push in the studio to prep as much as I can for the movers. &nbsp; Bundling up warping sticks and breaking down warping mill and warping boards. &nbsp; I've taken the loose beams off the Spring and tied the beams up snug. &nbsp;The studio is an organized mess right now as I work my way from spot to spot around the room. &nbsp; I think the Megado loom will need a larger take down.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vvzl2mZMqGg/V9TkvjFfVQI/AAAAAAAAPHY/oqamJRAMf9EhgpMXoucAzMBAiZsTnQW8ACEw/s1600/IMG_2740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vvzl2mZMqGg/V9TkvjFfVQI/AAAAAAAAPHY/oqamJRAMf9EhgpMXoucAzMBAiZsTnQW8ACEw/s320/IMG_2740.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PTK8wOBAUNs/V9Tktp0Ec3I/AAAAAAAAPHQ/IJemseX1sD8dyd-8PqzTmNsSJB4rrGhGwCEw/s1600/IMG_2742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PTK8wOBAUNs/V9Tktp0Ec3I/AAAAAAAAPHQ/IJemseX1sD8dyd-8PqzTmNsSJB4rrGhGwCEw/s320/IMG_2742.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FBcTdXnvQY4/V9Tk7Vf_PwI/AAAAAAAAPHc/V8ez06xrNtUKxmvQH8XVgXO8zwfznheBACEw/s1600/IMG_2743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FBcTdXnvQY4/V9Tk7Vf_PwI/AAAAAAAAPHc/V8ez06xrNtUKxmvQH8XVgXO8zwfznheBACEw/s320/IMG_2743.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its my habit to take a photograph of my start of each new project and I do this for a couple of reasons:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>sometimes you simply can't see any threading errors, but the camera finds them. I learned this by sharing a picture with a friend and she gently asked me if I had fixed the error yet? &nbsp;So with complicated twills, it really helps!</li><li>I also like to work the treadling and create a border and sometimes I create on the fly. Taking a picture at the start is a neat way of recording what I did so I can reverse it at the other end. You only have to forget to write it down once (okay twice), or unwind a whole warp once to find an easier solution!</li></ul>I have a couple of pictures to share something fibre related with you until we're moved and settled. So remember this? &nbsp;<a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2016/08/high-days-of-summer.html"><b>An eight shaft fancy twill</b>.</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-db5TgFbfw14/V9TtLlQ4SFI/AAAAAAAAPHs/aVMpz1YEsgcwednz7ZgFrMSaI-ZavF5zQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-db5TgFbfw14/V9TtLlQ4SFI/AAAAAAAAPHs/aVMpz1YEsgcwednz7ZgFrMSaI-ZavF5zQCLcB/s320/IMG_2715.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put a new &nbsp;olive green 8/2 tencel warp on and threaded it just the same as the scarf above. But I wanted to try something different as I have two scarves in this pattern already. &nbsp;So I worked on some treadling variations and &nbsp;the first was worked in a snowflake style or twill progression.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s8_KFtaJgZ4/V9ZBMlL5E3I/AAAAAAAAPH8/RmvaYBDFz4kxAffoTLb1P1pyGqkxHYqYwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s8_KFtaJgZ4/V9ZBMlL5E3I/AAAAAAAAPH8/RmvaYBDFz4kxAffoTLb1P1pyGqkxHYqYwCLcB/s320/IMG_2736.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the second scarf, there's a change in weft colour and a change in treadling again. &nbsp;Just a simple run back and forth across the treadles. There's a slight change at either end of the scarf which will be hi lighted when finally finished. Stay tuned for that.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59l1-_7hT84/V9ZFI9eJGdI/AAAAAAAAPIQ/rnQpqqMRhJoZJdib5a4oQTaamROoKKO9wCLcB/s1600/IMG_2738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59l1-_7hT84/V9ZFI9eJGdI/AAAAAAAAPIQ/rnQpqqMRhJoZJdib5a4oQTaamROoKKO9wCLcB/s320/IMG_2738.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So as you can see, you can get a nice variety from one threading. &nbsp;I demonstrated this once before with <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2011/10/late-for-party.html">this post.</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So this is most likely my last post before the move but trust that I will have my camera handy and be snapping some shots to share later on. &nbsp; &nbsp;See you on the other side!&nbsp;</div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/09/neither-here-or-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1697535914067272496Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:40:00 +00002016-08-20T10:40:23.883-07:008 shaft elaborate twill8/2 tencelchange in seasonslate summerlocal wildlifenew colours High Days of Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its been beastly hot here. &nbsp;There's been no weaving going on and not much in the way downsizing in the last few days either. &nbsp;Its entirely too hot and I don't do heat very well. &nbsp;It actually makes me feel ill and so I camp with a fan and an iced drink &nbsp;and wait it out. &nbsp; Fortunately tomorrow is supposed to be 3-4 degrees cooler. &nbsp; &nbsp;My 'cool' basement studio was 82 degrees F. &nbsp;I hate to think what the upper level was.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took all these pictures about ten days to two weeks ago and so everything was at its peak of perfection. &nbsp; Not too hot, not too cool and all the baskets and gardens were lush with growth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, roll the clock forward and add a heat wave and now the leaves are turning yellow and dropping off, and everything is parched. &nbsp;More telling is that its getting dark much earlier now and the bracken fern's stems have turned bronze gold. This means they are starting to shut down and die. &nbsp;Despite the heat there are clear signs that summer is about to come to a close.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ja-nMWUb2mg/V7fYTFlQa7I/AAAAAAAAPFY/p3Kk8746RzsgicmAU-yaokDkzsI-SsS9ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ja-nMWUb2mg/V7fYTFlQa7I/AAAAAAAAPFY/p3Kk8746RzsgicmAU-yaokDkzsI-SsS9ACLcB/s320/IMG_2724.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These two scarves were woven on the same 8/2 tencel warp, a new colour called "birch". Its a lovely soft silvery pale green. &nbsp;Its an eight shaft fancy twill that I found on handweaving.net and adjusted till it met my needs for scarf width. &nbsp;I used 8/2 tencel in the colour "slate" for a softer more muted look. I carried on weaving but wondered if it was too soft a colour?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FG8TMLEmxG0/V7fX-AbuujI/AAAAAAAAPFQ/m_Ohalfa-lgpl4FNE9htgM4Eq5MDdUzWACEw/s1600/IMG_2713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FG8TMLEmxG0/V7fX-AbuujI/AAAAAAAAPFQ/m_Ohalfa-lgpl4FNE9htgM4Eq5MDdUzWACEw/s320/IMG_2713.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This picture shows the scarf's length. &nbsp;I woven them to approximately 74-75 inches on the loom. After wet finishing they both measured 72 1/2 inches in length. &nbsp; My standard length unless a client requests either shorter or longer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R_thhi0hes4/V7fXzvsACKI/AAAAAAAAPFM/fTUt3oyLAG8bCFu7AXwodDUc4HFFIaxHgCEw/s1600/IMG_2715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R_thhi0hes4/V7fXzvsACKI/AAAAAAAAPFM/fTUt3oyLAG8bCFu7AXwodDUc4HFFIaxHgCEw/s320/IMG_2715.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This picture shows the pattern and its fully reversible. Its very much like a <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2013/08/magenta-mood.html">twelve shaft fancy twill</a></b> I wove a couple of years ago but lacks well defined reversals in the pattern . Four extra shafts makes quite an impact to detail like this. &nbsp;I know, I know.... it always seems to be about more shafts, a bigger better loom. &nbsp;If you are into the weave structure and pattern work, then more shafts was always in your future anyhow.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2qBwMAW8gPc/V7fXrRZ7hCI/AAAAAAAAPFI/48GhJgLHuuIxMInias5FAsnT-6RulAD8QCEw/s1600/IMG_2718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2qBwMAW8gPc/V7fXrRZ7hCI/AAAAAAAAPFI/48GhJgLHuuIxMInias5FAsnT-6RulAD8QCEw/s320/IMG_2718.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTkikvlaD8U/V7fYGol2P_I/AAAAAAAAPFU/3ikaJwzwJFYe5f5vzba_Bym9QS7h7n1vQCEw/s1600/IMG_2722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTkikvlaD8U/V7fYGol2P_I/AAAAAAAAPFU/3ikaJwzwJFYe5f5vzba_Bym9QS7h7n1vQCEw/s320/IMG_2722.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The drape is lovely and a good hard pressing brought out the tercel's shine and set the pattern.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GAnfro864pE/V7fYWbnzknI/AAAAAAAAPFc/j-TW_s0aC6kdEa2JCRKdeN7jaXhGPTBpgCEw/s1600/IMG_2726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GAnfro864pE/V7fYWbnzknI/AAAAAAAAPFc/j-TW_s0aC6kdEa2JCRKdeN7jaXhGPTBpgCEw/s320/IMG_2726.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a harder time deciding the second scarf's weft colour. I auditioned a few options and went with deep burgundy or "eggplant". &nbsp;It crisply defined the pattern!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YW2om48NAd4/V7fZnlsmeoI/AAAAAAAAPFw/sIIgblc6UfwLpNCPawrdEQk7Z7CXEPz7ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YW2om48NAd4/V7fZnlsmeoI/AAAAAAAAPFw/sIIgblc6UfwLpNCPawrdEQk7Z7CXEPz7ACLcB/s320/IMG_2703.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--x30ZlHdEpo/V7fZx6mNlcI/AAAAAAAAPF0/t9qCJgCKt9onDLOpCfOOrCr32sVr5jyjACLcB/s1600/IMG_2706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--x30ZlHdEpo/V7fZx6mNlcI/AAAAAAAAPF0/t9qCJgCKt9onDLOpCfOOrCr32sVr5jyjACLcB/s320/IMG_2706.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_IAXpLup8u4/V7fZgef6MVI/AAAAAAAAPFs/CXCou8BhkdAl00Iec6xNaJNpurVfj37VwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_IAXpLup8u4/V7fZgef6MVI/AAAAAAAAPFs/CXCou8BhkdAl00Iec6xNaJNpurVfj37VwCLcB/s320/IMG_2707.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's enough length to do a double wrap and wear outside of a dress coat. &nbsp; The green looks more grey here.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bLkZzpVzWcQ/V7faBU3BFuI/AAAAAAAAPF4/2XJzHazbtOsCwm7SMxzAODlS_3AHduKogCLcB/s1600/IMG_2709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bLkZzpVzWcQ/V7faBU3BFuI/AAAAAAAAPF4/2XJzHazbtOsCwm7SMxzAODlS_3AHduKogCLcB/s320/IMG_2709.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnhVw9pBDMA/V7faM32d1bI/AAAAAAAAPF8/r_V2navnlRsXNL9KB2p_2nQMckNnD9vpgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnhVw9pBDMA/V7faM32d1bI/AAAAAAAAPF8/r_V2navnlRsXNL9KB2p_2nQMckNnD9vpgCLcB/s320/IMG_2711.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I enjoyed weaving them, so much so that I wound another warp and and started some more. &nbsp;These are now waiting my &nbsp;time and pleasure. &nbsp; As soon as the weather takes a turn for the cooler I plan to get some time in on the loom. &nbsp; They may well be my last project until after we move as we have a lot of work to do before the trucks roll up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now for something a bit different....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have always had a small rabbit on the property. &nbsp;Small and dusky brown with a snowy white fluffy tail. &nbsp;We know that it not likely to be the same rabbit (we have found bunny bits, including a fluffy tail, in the meadow one spring) but we always call it Peter and assume he's male, after the Beatrix Potter tales.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here he is:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mM1ZhE7ur60/V7fzk-tipfI/AAAAAAAAPGM/eyS38K4uFVU3v4WPQIRRDNPah25qBO-_wCLcB/s1600/IMG_1615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mM1ZhE7ur60/V7fzk-tipfI/AAAAAAAAPGM/eyS38K4uFVU3v4WPQIRRDNPah25qBO-_wCLcB/s320/IMG_1615.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had just pulled into our driveway and he stood up and checked us out. &nbsp;It seems we arrived at an awkward time as he was trying to impress someone:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gwFe--ZU284/V7fzrJ4wKMI/AAAAAAAAPGQ/k1jSAPbMahQ3gEPOobhtCQKAFSgFeL7QQCEw/s1600/IMG_1614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gwFe--ZU284/V7fzrJ4wKMI/AAAAAAAAPGQ/k1jSAPbMahQ3gEPOobhtCQKAFSgFeL7QQCEw/s320/IMG_1614.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Isn't she sweet? &nbsp;She was over in the edge of the tall grasses ignoring him and us for that matter.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I suspect the new owners will find there will be more than one rabbit this fall and who knows how many next spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/08/high-days-of-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1429767301981174142Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:42:00 +00002016-08-15T22:42:41.788-07:0020/2 silk8 shaft twill8/2 tencelDrall weaveKaren Provostnew homeRemaxselling and movingA Small Token of Appreciation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is <b><a href="http://karenprovost.remax.ca/">Karen</a></b>, our realtor who helped us find a new home. She was amazing! &nbsp;When we were all caught up in the emotions of the whole affair, she kept a calm steady hand on things.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_fkceCy1T0k/V7JyLvG0rfI/AAAAAAAAPDo/nbCiH6CDaU8A_RAD9UuNdgh-RhJpzCb3gCLcB/s1600/IMG_2653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_fkceCy1T0k/V7JyLvG0rfI/AAAAAAAAPDo/nbCiH6CDaU8A_RAD9UuNdgh-RhJpzCb3gCLcB/s320/IMG_2653.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we got flustered by things, she patiently waited for us to regroup and get back in the game.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cJnUDZOORTw/V7JyK8R3ZiI/AAAAAAAAPDk/QKelL8H1_QUEfN6h9Jtj9ff5_4Tch6oxwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cJnUDZOORTw/V7JyK8R3ZiI/AAAAAAAAPDk/QKelL8H1_QUEfN6h9Jtj9ff5_4Tch6oxwCLcB/s320/IMG_2654.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Negotiations? &nbsp; She knew how to navigate through those! &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="text-align: center;">Early mornings and late nights, through many house viewings with us, in several communities. &nbsp;More than a few miles.&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N7KjTcIXPZI/V7JyL21DYjI/AAAAAAAAPDs/aRPq_HS5WO8FSJ8X95DmujgJk9dMvTz3gCLcB/s1600/IMG_2657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N7KjTcIXPZI/V7JyL21DYjI/AAAAAAAAPDs/aRPq_HS5WO8FSJ8X95DmujgJk9dMvTz3gCLcB/s320/IMG_2657.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>&nbsp;We wanted to thank her for what she did so well, &nbsp;so I gave her what I do well... a <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2016/05/on-wing.html">silk and tencel scarf</a></b> and she loved it! I think it really suits her colouring.<br /><br />So, a few pictures of our new home to-be. Bear in mind these furnishings belong to the present owner! &nbsp;Ours are not so grand as these. &nbsp;These pictures were &nbsp;on the MLS listing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4J8stdYHPc/V7KbVpLp73I/AAAAAAAAPE0/TkP5nUyv1eAxGgarpmNcNrdx3rbzEEidwCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.57.31%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4J8stdYHPc/V7KbVpLp73I/AAAAAAAAPE0/TkP5nUyv1eAxGgarpmNcNrdx3rbzEEidwCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.57.31%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bLvlBfnFMQU/V7KconoI8QI/AAAAAAAAPEo/Knr5qDbdnikEw2tMJE0i0TPSEV944diVQCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.03.56%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bLvlBfnFMQU/V7KconoI8QI/AAAAAAAAPEo/Knr5qDbdnikEw2tMJE0i0TPSEV944diVQCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.03.56%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EXFwt8oWj1U/V7KZ4QxW2JI/AAAAAAAAPEE/YxMxrxSvh0syoAR15tDD3YsZB91fvhvlgCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.56.29%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EXFwt8oWj1U/V7KZ4QxW2JI/AAAAAAAAPEE/YxMxrxSvh0syoAR15tDD3YsZB91fvhvlgCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.56.29%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ijbAjolidZY/V7KZ6oJsbFI/AAAAAAAAPEI/YhycBuB0_CUmXzIGmhl9gx2NWn7yQZ4lwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.56.43%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ijbAjolidZY/V7KZ6oJsbFI/AAAAAAAAPEI/YhycBuB0_CUmXzIGmhl9gx2NWn7yQZ4lwCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.56.43%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yv_X_2FfGN4/V7Kcok_pGGI/AAAAAAAAPEs/lVUZSu43lDEfhj6fS9zgx9Z82C-zGCI9wCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.01.21%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yv_X_2FfGN4/V7Kcok_pGGI/AAAAAAAAPEs/lVUZSu43lDEfhj6fS9zgx9Z82C-zGCI9wCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.01.21%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This room above will be my weaving studio</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IqQISgRZ6OU/V7KcpYBAdGI/AAAAAAAAPEw/CXdgmn6aNis3lDdSYdkQII2DCm3jXeDGACEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.02.09%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IqQISgRZ6OU/V7KcpYBAdGI/AAAAAAAAPEw/CXdgmn6aNis3lDdSYdkQII2DCm3jXeDGACEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.02.09%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ostwzxxCkMs/V7KaC0Mi8oI/AAAAAAAAPEQ/_RmPKNQPnBkJGDyoOmqko_Hu6kKd5bCwgCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.58.32%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ostwzxxCkMs/V7KaC0Mi8oI/AAAAAAAAPEQ/_RmPKNQPnBkJGDyoOmqko_Hu6kKd5bCwgCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B12.58.32%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F1mVVw2VPBI/V7KZ75jTY1I/AAAAAAAAPEM/_eqn2mHr00c805ihr10GSZJ0mtDDa6dCgCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.07.37%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F1mVVw2VPBI/V7KZ75jTY1I/AAAAAAAAPEM/_eqn2mHr00c805ihr10GSZJ0mtDDa6dCgCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.07.37%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our goals were to eliminate as many stairs as possible and this is a rancher, so no stairs at all now. To reduce square footage and we did. We now have no guest room and we are trading bedrooms so I can have a weaving space. It looks larger because of the vaulted ceilings. &nbsp;Lastly, to reduce the property size and we went from 2.12 acres to 1/3 of an acre and easy maintenance. &nbsp; So the third house we made an offer on, was the charm! &nbsp;</div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-small-token-of-appreciation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-2566125180241866061Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:57:00 +00002016-08-04T16:10:14.489-07:00Campbell Riverdownsizing stuffRemaxselling and movingPerseverance Furthers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jEav1d2Wxfo/V6JEdhTzvTI/AAAAAAAAPCE/GTPStnEjJps_3TGBOPqw33my1yQNzB-rACLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.41.04%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jEav1d2Wxfo/V6JEdhTzvTI/AAAAAAAAPCE/GTPStnEjJps_3TGBOPqw33my1yQNzB-rACLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.41.04%2BAM.png" width="283" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, we took the for sale sign down as we found people were walking around our property and / or coming right up to the house. &nbsp;It did say "by appointment only" but its almost like the sign gives them permission. &nbsp;If they are up against a time crunch for buying, I can sympathize! Its a sellers market and so very few homes to view right now. &nbsp; We are also hearing that multiple offers are common.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is all as a result of the <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-vancouver-real-estate-market/">overheated housing market in Vancouver</a></b> and it forced people to move to other areas. &nbsp; The wave started in Victoria on the southern end of the island and has been working its way up island. &nbsp;<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia">Victoria</a></b> is about forty five minutes drive south of us, with ferries to Vancouver. &nbsp;So to sell in the southern portion of the island and get more for your money when re-purchasing, you have to look northwards. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The city of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo">Nanaimo</a></b> is also forty five minutes drive north of us and roughly mid island, and also with ferries to Vancouver. &nbsp;We centred our search just north of Nanaimo and divided the search into areas: so <b><a href="http://www.visitors-info.com/explore-vancouver-island/parksville-qualicum-beach">Parksville / Qualicum Beach</a></b>, then <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia">Courtenay / Comox</a></b> and then <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_River,_British_Columbia">Campbell River.</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp;There are also lovely places in between all those towns too. &nbsp;Our realtor Karen was fabulous! &nbsp;We would drive every day up to Courtenay and then go and view homes in one of those chosen areas. &nbsp; This went on for many days. We put a lot of miles on and many hours. (thank heavens for my new knee!) Our dog Calli was in the kennel one day only and injured her paw playing, so after that she came with us and enjoyed a fluffy bed, toys, food and cool water and AC in the car. We took turns staying with her so she was never alone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We wrote the first offer on a lovely home in Courtenay, with a verbally accepted offer. The next morning when the final signatures were due by 10 am, they failed to arrive. &nbsp;They squelched on the deal and let the time expire and went with another offer. &nbsp;We were crushed. &nbsp; &nbsp;But in hind sight it was a good thing as it threw us into the deep end of the housing pool and we toughened up after that.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We took a couple of days to readjust our attitude and then built a new viewing lists and went back on the trail. &nbsp;We found that the list was getting shorter and more expensive as homes sold. A listing viewed on line in the evening, could be gone come morning. &nbsp;To be truthful, we started to doubt the "needs and wants" list we had built for our new home. It seemed to be a bad time to get picky. &nbsp;Then we heard all the military families at the Comox Airforce Base were in the middle of looking for relocation homes too. &nbsp;Oh, crap.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We viewed many homes, some of which were nice but just not the right fit. &nbsp;One we viewed was stunningly lovely, also fit the list but seemed 'too much'. &nbsp;We have been living in a small house in the woods for 8 years. &nbsp; But was it ever nice!</div><br />Our second offer written was on a home in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Bay,_British_Columbia">Deep Bay</a></b>. It was a big compromise for both hubby and me. It also had stairs to the main floor (again) and the yard needed work too. &nbsp;It had been completely gutted and rebuilt and was a lovely modern reno, with an ocean view and short walk to the beach. &nbsp; We gave them &nbsp;their asking price but the listing realtor told our agent that we would have to compete with other offers (that weren't there yet). &nbsp; What the....??? &nbsp; &nbsp; It didn't take us long to decide what to do with that. We walked away.... and as of this mornings search, its still for sale; (good). &nbsp;Some very greedy people out there...<br /><br />No time off after that loss; we rolled up our sleeves and were checking the daily hot sheet for new listings and being there the same day to view. &nbsp;Our <b><a href="http://karenprovost.remax.ca/">agent Karen</a></b> received a message from the &nbsp;listing agent for the fancy smancy house we viewed and we were invited to bring them an offer. &nbsp;They had repurchased and moving at month's end. Karen checked and it had been on the market sixty nine days.... which is amazing given the market conditions! &nbsp; Perhaps they had all been intimidated by it too? &nbsp; We went to see it once more and..... oh, my! &nbsp;It was as lovely as I remembered. &nbsp; &nbsp;Its actually a bit smaller than our present house, but you would never know it. &nbsp;Where would my looms go? &nbsp; &nbsp;I'd make them fit somewhere, even downsize some more if I had to! &nbsp;It fit our "needs and wants" list almost perfectly. <br /><br />So we sat down and made a starting offer and gave them a full twenty four hours to respond. Karen presented our offer in person to the home owners the next morning. <br /><br />They said <b>yes</b>.... and signed. No counter offer. &nbsp; <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iC4J8F1W4es/V6O_Kd3pQQI/AAAAAAAAPDI/eLSwjM2HQQQ5K91pPLnuOr4A0KU8lUz8gCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.07.52%2BAM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iC4J8F1W4es/V6O_Kd3pQQI/AAAAAAAAPDI/eLSwjM2HQQQ5K91pPLnuOr4A0KU8lUz8gCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-28%2Bat%2B1.07.52%2BAM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our new home!</div><br />So we will be moving to lovely Campbell River BC for October 1st. &nbsp; &nbsp;There are just a couple of subjects to be removed shortly but we don't anticipate any problems. &nbsp;We have visited Campbell River several times and have been quite impressed by the town and they are clearly progressive. &nbsp;They have a beautiful waterfront, new developments and housing and a thriving tourist industry. They are known for salmon fishing charters, and miles of beaches with mountain back drops. &nbsp; &nbsp;Any view from a spot on Vancouver Island is lovely, but at Campbell River, its simply jaw dropping beautiful! &nbsp;These are the <b><a href="http://www.hellobc.com/campbell-river/geography.aspx">Coastal Mountain range</a></b>s on the mainland across the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea">Salish Sea</a></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6dFR6IvcRP0/V6JEvSH5RAI/AAAAAAAAPCY/evElLOnwLxwwnmSEdUospkWCTfQstuqgwCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-01%2Bat%2B8.39.42%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6dFR6IvcRP0/V6JEvSH5RAI/AAAAAAAAPCY/evElLOnwLxwwnmSEdUospkWCTfQstuqgwCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-01%2Bat%2B8.39.42%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">There are literally miles of beaches to walk on and explore....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q48n4Gd9OKU/V6JEtiB9ygI/AAAAAAAAPCY/A5IujHYqc3IZyyUcYRub0QaHxR5BJOC0wCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-01%2Bat%2B8.41.16%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q48n4Gd9OKU/V6JEtiB9ygI/AAAAAAAAPCY/A5IujHYqc3IZyyUcYRub0QaHxR5BJOC0wCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-01%2Bat%2B8.41.16%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its known for a variety of wild life but in particular, resident pods of Orcas:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bnc5YIlOEos/V6JExk20fAI/AAAAAAAAPCY/5qxAly_IeCEsc6AbDVTSOTmu3TIBckagQCEw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.52.23%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bnc5YIlOEos/V6JExk20fAI/AAAAAAAAPCY/5qxAly_IeCEsc6AbDVTSOTmu3TIBckagQCEw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.52.23%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So where is Campbell River?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--SchdpeGdLA/V6JcTngQs8I/AAAAAAAAPC0/Cyq13ml3NpgrR1fF-Hw-XxdpJvo4aIdoACLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.42.52%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--SchdpeGdLA/V6JcTngQs8I/AAAAAAAAPC0/Cyq13ml3NpgrR1fF-Hw-XxdpJvo4aIdoACLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.42.52%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We drove daily to Courtenay for the house hunting and used the main Island highway and &nbsp;it took us 1 hour forty minutes. &nbsp;This screen captured map below says its two hours and nine minutes from one house to the other. &nbsp; The Island highway has speed limits of 120 kms (or 75 miles per hour). &nbsp;As you can see from these two maps, its a very large island!&nbsp;</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VVx6Mt2-vbk/V6Jb0-WfNiI/AAAAAAAAPCw/CbDlBbK93Ckksiysfa1axVL77EhsiaXUQCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B1.49.29%2BPM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VVx6Mt2-vbk/V6Jb0-WfNiI/AAAAAAAAPCw/CbDlBbK93Ckksiysfa1axVL77EhsiaXUQCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B1.49.29%2BPM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />I would like to direct your attention to my <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/p/thrums-sale-page.html">sale page</a></b> and mention that I have many books, magazines and such for sale there, many already reduced.... and I'm open to offers. They have to go now!<br />I will be adding more items as we go through stuff and downsize some more. &nbsp; &nbsp;I can get postage quotes in advance and payment is via Paypal. &nbsp; <br /><br />I'll be back again shortly with a weaving related post.... some new show and tell. &nbsp;I'm &nbsp;just stepping outside to take some pictures today.<br /><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/08/perseverance-furthers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-3511457597567691731Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:29:00 +00002016-07-17T17:30:30.783-07:00house for salemovingmoving forwardHang on for a Bumpy Ride<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J83N3U2PC7Q/V4wgZpOhAnI/AAAAAAAAPBk/b_mQuvZ4f60K6DmUqdu00qKMZ---Ji9fwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-17%2Bat%2B4.58.06%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J83N3U2PC7Q/V4wgZpOhAnI/AAAAAAAAPBk/b_mQuvZ4f60K6DmUqdu00qKMZ---Ji9fwCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-17%2Bat%2B4.58.06%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sixteen days is what it took for there to be an accepted offer on our house and property! &nbsp;Oh, and a total eighteen viewings and two other offers. &nbsp; &nbsp;It was a nail biter finish yesterday. Someone is very happy and another family is very disappointed. &nbsp; &nbsp;We're just feeling numb right now. &nbsp; &nbsp;To be fair, our realtor told us after we signed the listing papers to strap in for the ride!<br /><br />So that's part one done and now we move onto the next phase which is finding a new place to live. &nbsp;Kinda scary letting go with one hand and having faith the next step is there. &nbsp;A second ride and hopefully smoother....<br /><br />I have finished weaving the second scarf and just have samples to weave off and then I'm into fringe twisting (when I'm not on the road viewing homes).<br /><br />I can stop cleaning now. &nbsp; <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cRKUmtfDH3E/V4wgQiV_soI/AAAAAAAAPBg/OGD0Nm_AIZEINICKKZIhY7jFMCLQ6ifxQCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-17%2Bat%2B5.11.23%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cRKUmtfDH3E/V4wgQiV_soI/AAAAAAAAPBg/OGD0Nm_AIZEINICKKZIhY7jFMCLQ6ifxQCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-17%2Bat%2B5.11.23%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/07/hang-on-for-bumpy-ride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-7685175728767647620Thu, 14 Jul 2016 04:18:00 +00002016-07-13T21:18:37.596-07:008 shaft elaborate twillhouse for saleLouet Spring loomA Good Idea at the Time...I can't blame my lack of weaving on summer as its been unseasonably cool and we've even had rain. &nbsp;There were two sets of company that came and had a brief visit with us, which was delightful. <br /><br />No....I must blame this instead. &nbsp; Its all self inflicted too. &nbsp;The goal is to reduce stairs (we have ground floor entry and main floor is up)..... and overall property size.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wcRnIkKZxS8/V4QOvztZKvI/AAAAAAAAPAk/D3a0NUbd8A4o9HqfAkEIdMbolJ2B5hXvACLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-11%2Bat%2B1.56.18%2BPM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wcRnIkKZxS8/V4QOvztZKvI/AAAAAAAAPAk/D3a0NUbd8A4o9HqfAkEIdMbolJ2B5hXvACLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-11%2Bat%2B1.56.18%2BPM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It seems the overly hot real-estate market in Vancouver has 'flowed' to Vancouver Island and we've had fourteen viewings in ten days. Finally had two days in a row off and another viewing today. &nbsp; &nbsp;There was even an offer for a short time but it wasn't a good deal money wise, or on various dates.<br /><br />There is an awful lot of housecleaning going on daily and we're living 'lightly' in the house when home. &nbsp; I often wonder what they think when they see the studio in what should be a large TV family room. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v_d5vOzDEI0/V4QQLUldkZI/AAAAAAAAPBA/j21ImcdxivoAV3uiDAGFZEAQSxSNf-OhACKgB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-11%2Bat%2B2.16.22%2BPM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v_d5vOzDEI0/V4QQLUldkZI/AAAAAAAAPBA/j21ImcdxivoAV3uiDAGFZEAQSxSNf-OhACKgB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-11%2Bat%2B2.16.22%2BPM.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't seem to have any issues with uprooting ourselves and finding a new home and community to live. The new home, once we have an accepted offer on this house, will be here on Vancouver island and most likely a bit further north. &nbsp;There are a number of lovely towns complete with weaving guilds and new friends so I'm kinda excited about that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been weaving in brief snatches of time, usually waiting for laundry to finish their cycles late a night. &nbsp;The viewings seems to be any time from 9:30 am to 7 pm and we have to be out of the house for an hour for each. That's a lot of time in the car.... waiting. So I'm getting a lot of reading done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of books: there's a new weaving book out on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=Weaving+Leno+by+martha+reeves">weaving <b>Leno</b></a> and my copy is on its way. Check the link out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I showed a sneak peek in my last post of a new project under way.... well, its still on the loom but now I'm starting scarf number two:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nSv1WsTJlX4/V4QQsPFLbPI/AAAAAAAAPBI/2PfZiwB4yvIHw6FvmmaAADvrS7hRfeSoQCKgB/s1600/IMG_2703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nSv1WsTJlX4/V4QQsPFLbPI/AAAAAAAAPBI/2PfZiwB4yvIHw6FvmmaAADvrS7hRfeSoQCKgB/s320/IMG_2703.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>There will be some show and tell for you.....eventually. &nbsp; I have also been pre-winding new warps which will most likely won't be beamed until after the move but they are ready to go, including project notes and weft choices.<br /><br />We have three moving quotes in now and will continue to downsize to reduce the load. &nbsp;Selling, buying and moving is a stressful time. &nbsp;I had a good laugh when I saw this picture on Google Images:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OENfRSFlL6k/V4QQLhwD1bI/AAAAAAAAPBA/vjACq5127zct6b9MjE3cRNI4oL5GVZwAACKgB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-11%2Bat%2B2.04.27%2BPM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OENfRSFlL6k/V4QQLhwD1bI/AAAAAAAAPBA/vjACq5127zct6b9MjE3cRNI4oL5GVZwAACKgB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-11%2Bat%2B2.04.27%2BPM.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who are these people? &nbsp;They can't be moving. All they need is candles and music. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pEYI6zfjyZ8/V4cEgCus58I/AAAAAAAAPBQ/Bw4Tlo4wRpEKnz_gUeTtS86sgcaFSet_gCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-06-30%2Bat%2B11.21.20%2BAM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pEYI6zfjyZ8/V4cEgCus58I/AAAAAAAAPBQ/Bw4Tlo4wRpEKnz_gUeTtS86sgcaFSet_gCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-06-30%2Bat%2B11.21.20%2BAM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's our property from above.... high above! &nbsp;That's the garage and garden / orchard down by the road and the house is tucked back in the trees. &nbsp;Nicely private.... &nbsp; but a lot of lawn to cut. Time for younger, healthy &nbsp;bones to enjoy the country life.&nbsp;</div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-good-idea-at-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-2214089671577465913Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:09:00 +00002016-06-23T10:09:13.399-07:008 shaft elaborate twill8 shaft snowflake twill8/2 tencelantique textilesetiquette of sharing draftsLouet Spring loomsummer SolsticeWebsSummer Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Solstice every one! &nbsp;I'm a couple days late...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would have posted yesterday but I took a day off and went to the beauty parlour and got a trim and something they call 'glazing' done. &nbsp; I decided for my past birthday in March where I turned 60 that I would embrace the grey and cease hi-lighting and semi permanent colours. &nbsp; The semi colour fades away over three to four months and leaves a slight trace. The grey areas were refusing to take any effort on the part of my hairdresser to discreetly be covered with a semi colour and I won't go to a permanent dye. The time had come to become a full on crone. &nbsp; &nbsp;This sure came along before I was expecting it.... &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Anyhow, the glazing is a clear semi permanent that gives your hair body, conditions it, tames the unruly white ones and gives it lots of shine. &nbsp;It also involves a head massage that lasts twenty minutes. &nbsp;Need I say more?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I want to get the second half of my snowflake scarf project up here for you to see ahead of what promises to be some very busy days. &nbsp;We're &nbsp;listing our house and property for sale and we also have some over night guests coming &nbsp;and everything that is entailed by this. &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm calling this one Summer Snow although I have used the new <b><a href="http://www.yarn.com/webs-weaving-spinning-weaving-yarns-fiber-tencel/webs-weaving-yarns-valley-yarns-82-tencel/">ecru 8/2 tencel</a></b> as my warp (24 epi) and the <b><a href="http://www.yarn.com/webs-weaving-spinning-weaving-yarns-fiber-tencel/webs-weaving-yarns-valley-yarns-8-2-tencel-natural/">un-dyed 8/2 tencel</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCJTl2mvYvw/V2hZ2y5295I/AAAAAAAAO9w/TT_CbWsY8Lo-4K9nEERMny4gLm9v5VmqACLcB/s1600/IMG_2683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCJTl2mvYvw/V2hZ2y5295I/AAAAAAAAO9w/TT_CbWsY8Lo-4K9nEERMny4gLm9v5VmqACLcB/s320/IMG_2683.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pattern can be quite busy for some and so by using the two shades together it gives a neutral shade and uses the play of light on the yarn to reveal the diamonds and graduated "x's". &nbsp; I also think it will move through the year as a wearable ... and lend itself to what ever colour you team it up with.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CXlX1-wiH7Y/V2hZ1HA6lKI/AAAAAAAAO9s/zn6fNW7q_RI0X1L74AQxJ0GiYpLICZDngCLcB/s1600/IMG_2684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CXlX1-wiH7Y/V2hZ1HA6lKI/AAAAAAAAO9s/zn6fNW7q_RI0X1L74AQxJ0GiYpLICZDngCLcB/s320/IMG_2684.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is on black, but it would look equally fabulous on a deep red suit or &nbsp;chocolate brown coat. &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DVxNcgxEGY0/V2hZ7ln_E3I/AAAAAAAAO94/2BrRhC3gfKAHr1Tc70Nqy4TIGCWqBgqVQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DVxNcgxEGY0/V2hZ7ln_E3I/AAAAAAAAO94/2BrRhC3gfKAHr1Tc70Nqy4TIGCWqBgqVQCLcB/s320/IMG_2685.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This picture really shows how the white tencel picked out the pattern</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YGQMxuF_gAI/V2ha6aMv3mI/AAAAAAAAO-Q/bMroMcWKoOU1IGQfzh-0SFfWUM94J0_vQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YGQMxuF_gAI/V2ha6aMv3mI/AAAAAAAAO-Q/bMroMcWKoOU1IGQfzh-0SFfWUM94J0_vQCLcB/s320/IMG_2686.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2R8r_U5YmM/V2ha5eiEDXI/AAAAAAAAO-M/Jy7ur_CWaa09n1TrkjtWPMtOt2K8voPBgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2R8r_U5YmM/V2ha5eiEDXI/AAAAAAAAO-M/Jy7ur_CWaa09n1TrkjtWPMtOt2K8voPBgCLcB/s320/IMG_2687.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It measures 8 inches wide by 76 inches long and a generous fine twisted fringe. &nbsp; I'm so tempted to keep this one for myself but it would be months before its cool enough to wear it... and I can weave another.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1nebYmaNNQA/V2hb_3J7JMI/AAAAAAAAO-g/TWdjKLlo_PwJidxK1k8KchW_ng9oYMDGQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1nebYmaNNQA/V2hb_3J7JMI/AAAAAAAAO-g/TWdjKLlo_PwJidxK1k8KchW_ng9oYMDGQCLcB/s320/IMG_2690.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These pictures are taken on our back deck against a rough stone wall. You can see the &nbsp;lush west coast vegetation in behind. &nbsp;Just a bit higher up above the fern was a small doe watching me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DfdKtuAUeJ0/V2saxBRaRFI/AAAAAAAAPAA/DRM-UBQkGcY4FSbuAnh-KK_6HM_NKCiRQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DfdKtuAUeJ0/V2saxBRaRFI/AAAAAAAAPAA/DRM-UBQkGcY4FSbuAnh-KK_6HM_NKCiRQCLcB/s320/IMG_1320.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They come through the property several times a day ( and night) and nibble away. &nbsp;We gave up long ago trying to have a decent garden or flowers here....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9PonyVjjEM/V2hcGK3MjcI/AAAAAAAAO-w/G1xNbAvVJSI4nuVGhvrLYqC2DMYkHih3wCLcB/s1600/IMG_2691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9PonyVjjEM/V2hcGK3MjcI/AAAAAAAAO-w/G1xNbAvVJSI4nuVGhvrLYqC2DMYkHih3wCLcB/s320/IMG_2691.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />Here's an inside shot where with incandescent lighting, and so it looks more cream. &nbsp; Its also as soft as butter and drapes beautifully. I have recently seen posts by weavers saying they haven't tried weaving with tencel yet. &nbsp; I think "what the heck are you waiting for?? "<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tDYgzYAGrg/V2hcR84SZUI/AAAAAAAAO-4/UOTQ_fKecEQOmlPpzTjdmXY5wOz34Y63ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tDYgzYAGrg/V2hcR84SZUI/AAAAAAAAO-4/UOTQ_fKecEQOmlPpzTjdmXY5wOz34Y63ACLcB/s320/IMG_2693.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This draft was modified by me to suit my needs for size and sett. &nbsp;The original design similar to this one was seemed to come out at roughly the same time by Jane A. Evans (GCW master weaver, and author and published in Weaver magazine) and also Gudrun Weisinger (German master weaver, author in Weaver &amp; Handwoven magazine... and my dear friend) &nbsp;who passed away this time last year. &nbsp;I don't know who was first.... but if you use it, <b>please credit them</b>. &nbsp;Its a simple thing, doesn't take away from your project and means a great deal. &nbsp; Also try to modify if you have enough experience with drafts.... and use different colours, yarns etc. &nbsp; Making modifications is how you learn and grow as a weaver. &nbsp;( Copying exactly is not flattery...) &nbsp;I have been experiencing some 'flattery' of late and so please note that I won't always share a draft every time. &nbsp;This one has been published in more than a few places and easily found.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A tip or hint: &nbsp;this is as large a yarn size as I would go using this pattern. It has long floats and becomes a more friendly item to wear or use if you use a finer grist yarn. &nbsp; 10/2 tencel at 28 epi... 16/2 cottons or bamboo at 36 epi. &nbsp; If you use a weaving design program, check the float length and then work out how long they are over an inch.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N7-xB5VigPk/V2hecwMDWhI/AAAAAAAAO_I/PDLzwZkAbgMOSncq6CMOCRoM_42kiZasgCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-06-20%2Bat%2B2.18.18%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N7-xB5VigPk/V2hecwMDWhI/AAAAAAAAO_I/PDLzwZkAbgMOSncq6CMOCRoM_42kiZasgCLcB/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-06-20%2Bat%2B2.18.18%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, in the last weaving related post I promised a visit by an antique! &nbsp; Many years ago I was quietly walking around a very large barn shaped building that houses antiques and collectables. You could spend hours in there pouring over all the items. I had an eye out for textiles and unusual china. &nbsp;I found some absolutely lovely fine singles linen handkerchiefs with hemstitching and bobbin lace edgings for 50 cents each. &nbsp;A large dining room table cloth that is pure linen, hemstitched on four sides for $10.00.... which only needs all the hideous embroidery removed and washed to be a useful beautiful snowy white table linen. &nbsp; &nbsp;And I found this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pPDT05JoP_8/V2hfgTG6knI/AAAAAAAAO_c/dpOaFLQ_DXs6n00OKBTiGHYyR_BSt4UHwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pPDT05JoP_8/V2hfgTG6knI/AAAAAAAAO_c/dpOaFLQ_DXs6n00OKBTiGHYyR_BSt4UHwCLcB/s320/IMG_2699.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yeah, orange stripes.... but look at the snowflake twill! &nbsp; Its a fine cotton plied yarn or singles and the weft is a singles natural linen. &nbsp;The linen is like two or three flax fibres spun together its so fine. &nbsp;Its also very soft which tells me it was well used and washed often to be like this now. Linen only gets better with age!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cENwNnmgF-E/V2hfZDKxB4I/AAAAAAAAO_U/GsfEi0Mzt-gN2A_Pd8TLqtrfr--h4unlgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cENwNnmgF-E/V2hfZDKxB4I/AAAAAAAAO_U/GsfEi0Mzt-gN2A_Pd8TLqtrfr--h4unlgCLcB/s320/IMG_2701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weaver made a simple rolled hem which has held nicely on one end but is slipping its bonds on the other. &nbsp;I would love to use this somehow... but how do you lose the orange? &nbsp; &nbsp;Over-dyeing might work.... but I suspect the striping effect would always show through regardless, and the orange will alter the colour chosen there.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVixv8tSW4E/V2hfq5W4gBI/AAAAAAAAO_s/QatDLCBDPiwYoC5gJHNMwO8MIcpN09sTgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVixv8tSW4E/V2hfq5W4gBI/AAAAAAAAO_s/QatDLCBDPiwYoC5gJHNMwO8MIcpN09sTgCLcB/s320/IMG_2702.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you are able to enlarge this and see more detail. &nbsp;I would love to have this analyzed and work out the draft. I'm pretty sure its an eight shaft. *fingers crossed*. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and it cost me $1.00. &nbsp; &nbsp;The bargain hunter in me was happy.... but the weaver in me cringed.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B2DW7H1TMGQ/V2skLXIJWbI/AAAAAAAAPAQ/WnZOetefIzI2gnFX1usFfCCV28pC1wIoACLcB/s1600/IMG_2695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B2DW7H1TMGQ/V2skLXIJWbI/AAAAAAAAPAQ/WnZOetefIzI2gnFX1usFfCCV28pC1wIoACLcB/s320/IMG_2695.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally... a teaser for what's to come.... eventually... &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/06/summer-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-8261958825942832792Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:27:00 +00002016-06-19T16:08:12.095-07:00death of a loved oneFather's dayremembering.Not just One Day...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EvI4gBv1HOI/V2b6Pn6_ucI/AAAAAAAAO7U/cjA7D9ubHwALRMquIe5rnv0TV2ZIVqceACLcB/s1600/Scan%2B261.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EvI4gBv1HOI/V2b6Pn6_ucI/AAAAAAAAO7U/cjA7D9ubHwALRMquIe5rnv0TV2ZIVqceACLcB/s320/Scan%2B261.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>&nbsp;Dad and I went back sixty years together. &nbsp;Here we are in the back garden in the UK playing together. &nbsp; We had a close bond more than the usual 'father-daughter' bond. My mother was ill after I was born and so he looked after me as a newborn for the first &nbsp;four to six months until my mother was better.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2-e8DLfIgks/V2b6CXlyBzI/AAAAAAAAO7k/JCMFB2Dr-J8S_p2T4aKFWdqiZlwG3GCcgCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B184.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2-e8DLfIgks/V2b6CXlyBzI/AAAAAAAAO7k/JCMFB2Dr-J8S_p2T4aKFWdqiZlwG3GCcgCKgB/s320/Scan%2B184.jpeg" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NOoXqGsvAZ4/V2b6BaVgWoI/AAAAAAAAO7k/dS5Vu4Q6UqU41ACR0clEqkMZiX1wRyK_gCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B174.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NOoXqGsvAZ4/V2b6BaVgWoI/AAAAAAAAO7k/dS5Vu4Q6UqU41ACR0clEqkMZiX1wRyK_gCKgB/s320/Scan%2B174.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dad was in the Royal Navy and so was away on tours for months on end, but we had that great first start. &nbsp; &nbsp;He did have an extra long tour of twelve plus months and so when he came home, he had to peek through the letter slot and ask me to open the door. &nbsp;I wouldn't let the strange man in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWXBWdbJHSc/V2b6BfCDjsI/AAAAAAAAO7k/IKT4J9CHudo-hxUMxv55w96CJFu8IUzLwCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B120.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWXBWdbJHSc/V2b6BfCDjsI/AAAAAAAAO7k/IKT4J9CHudo-hxUMxv55w96CJFu8IUzLwCKgB/s320/Scan%2B120.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then my parents decided to emigrate to find a better life in Canada. It wasn't their first choice but New Zealand was too far away for their parents. That must have been hard to leave behind family, friends, and a way of life and living.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWtPj9ob9GI/V2b6KhlQnII/AAAAAAAAO7k/8fsTTnbO66c3zALQ25vYoLngfekFZUe3wCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B310.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWtPj9ob9GI/V2b6KhlQnII/AAAAAAAAO7k/8fsTTnbO66c3zALQ25vYoLngfekFZUe3wCKgB/s320/Scan%2B310.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here we are sitting by the Thames estuary shortly before we left the UK. &nbsp; I'm four years old. &nbsp;I can recall being on the ship (<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Britain_(1955)">S.S. Empress of Britain</a></b>) and I can recall the large <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Northland_Railway">engine of a train</a></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FYryhDX5HzM/V2b_IyzazMI/AAAAAAAAO74/OC4ePU2qelshv1NnsJ4hNZMPdeuPDvTQgCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B166.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FYryhDX5HzM/V2b_IyzazMI/AAAAAAAAO74/OC4ePU2qelshv1NnsJ4hNZMPdeuPDvTQgCKgB/s320/Scan%2B166.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>We end up in Saskatoon on the Canadian prairies and lived there for ten years. &nbsp;Dad was a Police officer. &nbsp; &nbsp;Yes, winters were that cold!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQd93UF1bfI/V2cGm3DlanI/AAAAAAAAO9Q/X0oRbyKu8SAcZNZ4XYNbQs41TM69Kao7wCLcB/s1600/Frank%2BWaterfield%2Bwearing%2Bhis%2Bbuffalo%2Bcoat%2Bfor%2Bwalking%2Bthe%2Bbeat.%2BSpring%2B1962.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQd93UF1bfI/V2cGm3DlanI/AAAAAAAAO9Q/X0oRbyKu8SAcZNZ4XYNbQs41TM69Kao7wCLcB/s320/Frank%2BWaterfield%2Bwearing%2Bhis%2Bbuffalo%2Bcoat%2Bfor%2Bwalking%2Bthe%2Bbeat.%2BSpring%2B1962.jpeg" width="302" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>&nbsp;In the late 1960's, after tight tough times and long cold winters, life turned a corner again and they decided to give New Zealand a try.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F2wCW8P3QsY/V2cASWbE8QI/AAAAAAAAO8U/oR6zI5-SRtU3NGDBfJGw_wFnu0JN1ifJwCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F2wCW8P3QsY/V2cASWbE8QI/AAAAAAAAO8U/oR6zI5-SRtU3NGDBfJGw_wFnu0JN1ifJwCKgB/s320/Scan%2B8.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dad in the early 1970's&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1jG75wpm0ww/V2cAVq11XNI/AAAAAAAAO8U/I03X1tKatD4rq4z5WeyYAk7Zjm99kw3hgCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B81.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1jG75wpm0ww/V2cAVq11XNI/AAAAAAAAO8U/I03X1tKatD4rq4z5WeyYAk7Zjm99kw3hgCKgB/s320/Scan%2B81.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><br />NZ was beautiful and it was weird having picnics for Christmas day dinner at the beach! &nbsp; Sweating in the heat of summer and exchanging cards with snow scenes and putting up Christmas trees. &nbsp;It wasn't a British lifestyle, and it wasn't a Canadian lifestyle either.... it was like going back into a quaint other world.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nz6b64SqaOw/V2cIsQ1O9fI/AAAAAAAAO9c/ESrWH5Yepk0f3Ogcvfvzqe88HTbrQsCywCLcB/s1600/Scan%2B146.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nz6b64SqaOw/V2cIsQ1O9fI/AAAAAAAAO9c/ESrWH5Yepk0f3Ogcvfvzqe88HTbrQsCywCLcB/s320/Scan%2B146.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;This is Dad's old car... a 1958 Ford Poplar in 1972. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mum quickly decided that Canada with all its modern comforts was a much better place and so we returned to Canada. This time we stayed on the warmer west coast!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jsBbcdgqPRo/V2cAqKFYPiI/AAAAAAAAO8k/sWdqqdHAjUIp9H3lXTUWWI5zjF9Y9msWwCKgB/s1600/IMG_0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jsBbcdgqPRo/V2cAqKFYPiI/AAAAAAAAO8k/sWdqqdHAjUIp9H3lXTUWWI5zjF9Y9msWwCKgB/s320/IMG_0271.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Vancouver area seemed to work very well for my parents raising a family. &nbsp; Dad moved from being a Deputy Sheriff to a Fraud Investigator.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fse1e9aCAdI/V2cBMLwniwI/AAAAAAAAO80/Y_MR5IY_aicKcmUYFillNIy0ljG0XKaoACKgB/s1600/Scan%2B13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fse1e9aCAdI/V2cBMLwniwI/AAAAAAAAO80/Y_MR5IY_aicKcmUYFillNIy0ljG0XKaoACKgB/s320/Scan%2B13.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>&nbsp;Here he is after officially donating his 100th pint of blood for the Red Cross in the 1980's. He was very service minded but in a more official capacity.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IDhC0BJtCKc/V2cBN7yd_tI/AAAAAAAAO80/e749BIGZ1V0WjzWMm4gDha165RoC0KHJwCKgB/s1600/Frank%2BWaterfield.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IDhC0BJtCKc/V2cBN7yd_tI/AAAAAAAAO80/e749BIGZ1V0WjzWMm4gDha165RoC0KHJwCKgB/s320/Frank%2BWaterfield.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div><br />Poor health forced an early retirement in the late 1980's, which after my mother's sad passing in 1995, he spent alone. &nbsp;He traveled back to the UK and did jaunts to Europe with his sister as well. &nbsp;He visited us on our various shifts in home location around southern BC. &nbsp;He was the family's anchor, our glue that pulled us all together... the Dad.<br /><br />This time last year he was in hospice care and so we knew it was our last one with him. &nbsp; There were cards, flowers and tears... &nbsp; hugs and smiles.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nsxXSonksJc/V2cB8uJskII/AAAAAAAAO9I/q1PdhRHWvbgVbTMHw9Xht_b67ptdBzSHACKgB/s1600/Father%2527s%2BDay%2BFlowers%2B%2528f%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nsxXSonksJc/V2cB8uJskII/AAAAAAAAO9I/q1PdhRHWvbgVbTMHw9Xht_b67ptdBzSHACKgB/s320/Father%2527s%2BDay%2BFlowers%2B%2528f%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-liXM2TMlVnU/V2cB8jaiKdI/AAAAAAAAO9I/8BubDyAAwWY6Nw7HE7l59CUr-7G1j-g7gCKgB/s1600/Father%2527s%2BDay%2BFlowers%2B%2528b%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-liXM2TMlVnU/V2cB8jaiKdI/AAAAAAAAO9I/8BubDyAAwWY6Nw7HE7l59CUr-7G1j-g7gCKgB/s320/Father%2527s%2BDay%2BFlowers%2B%2528b%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This Father's Day is our first with out him. It would be so nice to pick up the phone and hear his voice. &nbsp; But not just today, but any day....<br /><br />Father's day, like Mother's day, is *every* day! &nbsp;Its a 24/7 commitment from the first day they bring you home, until their last day. &nbsp; &nbsp;And beyond.... <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fTVYhUCMfo0/V2cCPwyHzqI/AAAAAAAAO9M/nUYm9mXqp2QjnYIAUBoDI35yTtDzncaSgCKgB/s1600/Scan%2B68.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fTVYhUCMfo0/V2cCPwyHzqI/AAAAAAAAO9M/nUYm9mXqp2QjnYIAUBoDI35yTtDzncaSgCKgB/s320/Scan%2B68.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/06/not-just-one-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-8026578479848389847Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +00002016-06-15T09:15:55.250-07:008 shaft snowflake twill8/2 tencelGudrun WeisingerHeddlecraftJane EvansLouet Spring loomThe Complete Drafting Book for HandweaversTwill ThrillsWebsWeaving Zen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The snowflake twill warp is now off the loom and complete.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-96LKO6WAYTc/V2COCYYYknI/AAAAAAAAO6M/_JynQqHGhwA9ZfRR5sJCKM9OzEP7S_QIQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-96LKO6WAYTc/V2COCYYYknI/AAAAAAAAO6M/_JynQqHGhwA9ZfRR5sJCKM9OzEP7S_QIQCLcB/s640/IMG_2674.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I feel very pleased with how they turned out. &nbsp;There were two scarves but I'm only showing you one today. &nbsp; If I showed you both, then one would be your favourite and I think they both are lovely and deserve equal billing. &nbsp; This one is the &nbsp;brash, louder version. The "show off" if you like....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vqfv9_no6g8/V2COFykc1XI/AAAAAAAAO6U/dIRW27BBHxY1c5_e0JzCxPH1IU5bfowFwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vqfv9_no6g8/V2COFykc1XI/AAAAAAAAO6U/dIRW27BBHxY1c5_e0JzCxPH1IU5bfowFwCLcB/s400/IMG_2676.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The warp is the new ecru shade of 8/2 tencel at <b><a href="http://www.yarn.com/">Web's</a></b>, sett 24 epi and despite the complexity of the pattern, its only eight shafts and eight treadles. &nbsp;The weft is 8/2 tencel in silver. &nbsp;In the picture above, it almost looks like it has a touch of blue to it. While weaving it I was amazed at how blue it did look... almost a wedgwood blue. That was indoors in warm lighting and outdoors, it turns silver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3zbWIyn5oSU/V2CNst3dkcI/AAAAAAAAO6E/dp1MFcVcTCsjCpWeQEsXxZjxlt918audACLcB/s1600/IMG_2679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3zbWIyn5oSU/V2CNst3dkcI/AAAAAAAAO6E/dp1MFcVcTCsjCpWeQEsXxZjxlt918audACLcB/s400/IMG_2679.JPG" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">&nbsp;Its a twill progression, with point twill in-between and on the borders. &nbsp;The first I saw of this design it was being used by <b><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Joy-Forever-Traditional-Modified-1991-06-01/dp/B01FIZ745K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1465948530&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=weaving+jane+evans">Jane Evans</a></b> and <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2015/06/a-gold-thread-amongst-silver.html">Gudrun Weisinger</a></b> and I fell in love with it. You can find the design in Weavers Magazine, or in their compilation "Twill Thrills". I modified the draft to fit my scarf &nbsp;dimensions. &nbsp; &nbsp;If this sort of twill is something that you like and want to learn more you can find information in:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><ul><li>Weavers magazine issues 13 and 18 ( and maybe more! ) For those of you with access to older copies as its now out of print.</li><li>An older post of mine <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2012/11/snowflake-twill-one-step-back-and-four.html">here</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;</b>(have you checked out Topic Shopping above?)</li><li><b><a href="https://www.heddlecraft.com/">Heddle Craft</a>&nbsp; </b>is a new&nbsp;online weaving publication by Robyn Spady, which features twill progressions, or advancing twills as come call it in her first issue. Check it out!</li><li><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twill-Thrills-Best-Weaver%C2%92s-Weavers/dp/189376219X">Twill Thrills</a></b> and Madelyn van der Hoogt's &nbsp;<b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Drafting-Handweavers/dp/0916658511">Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers</a></b></li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T8lI9yAHH9U/V2COWG-DFjI/AAAAAAAAO6g/pa39Hk5luP4t16G9_OL1T2Zg-jQ6LTlPQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T8lI9yAHH9U/V2COWG-DFjI/AAAAAAAAO6g/pa39Hk5luP4t16G9_OL1T2Zg-jQ6LTlPQCLcB/s400/IMG_2682.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />I have woven many many projects of snow flake twill over the years and so now have the treadling run embedded in my brain. I don't need a cheat sheet any longer. &nbsp; It does seem like I must work to keep my attention on the task at hand though! &nbsp; Have you ever driven a car and got to your destination and then realize that you can't recall how you got there? You did it on "cruise control" of the brain? &nbsp; <br /><br />I did that with weaving this time. &nbsp; I was saying the twill runs out loud and had a good pace going.... and then I zoned out (or zen as some weavers like to say). When I came to again by repeating some numbers which to my zenned brain were too soon to be repeated again, I stopped and really looked down at the cloth. It was quite something and none of it resembled a snowflake or even twill. <br /><br />OOPs.....<br /><br />I had to cut the weft out as I would have to step on almost every treadle, every time to find the right one. &nbsp; Sadly I forgot to take a picture. &nbsp; I can't recommend weaving on autopilot unless you have a dobby loom.<br /><br />So this scarf measures 8 inches by 76 inches and has a long delicate fringe.<br /><br />Next time.... its quieter cousin ......and a visit by a genuine antique.<br /><div><br /></div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/06/weaving-zen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-2789290690498933529Sun, 05 Jun 2016 21:36:00 +00002016-06-05T15:28:04.643-07:008 shaft snowflake twill8/2 tencelCathedral Grovelocal wildlifesummer flowersSudden SummerI have a fan running in the kitchen to cool me while I work. My naturally curly hair has connected with the overall humidity and springing back to life after being blown dry straight. What a wasted effort that was! &nbsp; &nbsp; We seem to be "enjoying" a heat wave here. Summer arrived. &nbsp; Suddenly.<br /><br />Just last week, it was cold, a bit of rain and wind and I was wearing woolies to keep warm.<br /><br />The yard has been full of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowtail_butterfly">swallowtail butterflies</a></b> and they fly (flutter?) right up to windows like they want to come in... &nbsp; &nbsp;Bruce took these lovely pictures of them feeding. He could get very close!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ILZG7Kgn1kM/V1SKhcDrNUI/AAAAAAAAOoA/BIZSqS2rOA0H5JBmEuUo6BEvqy0lPiRcACLcB/s1600/IMG_0352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ILZG7Kgn1kM/V1SKhcDrNUI/AAAAAAAAOoA/BIZSqS2rOA0H5JBmEuUo6BEvqy0lPiRcACLcB/s400/IMG_0352.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r7qAUad-e-4/V1SKjwDu0CI/AAAAAAAAOoI/JAruroC1T-gaws5UeOgiBxSwuVodqsC5QCLcB/s1600/IMG_0365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r7qAUad-e-4/V1SKjwDu0CI/AAAAAAAAOoI/JAruroC1T-gaws5UeOgiBxSwuVodqsC5QCLcB/s400/IMG_0365.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were three of them on this one basket but these two ran it off! &nbsp;It also seems I choose flower baskets they really like too as we have three of these. &nbsp; &nbsp;We also have many dragonflies and damselflies flitting around. &nbsp;No luck getting pictures but here's one from two years ago:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TU27WqAP5R4/V1SVD6PqmSI/AAAAAAAAOoc/ZCERbAD8X6UOZmqsH8Ax_p0CZccMaIOZgCLcB/s1600/IMG_5223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TU27WqAP5R4/V1SVD6PqmSI/AAAAAAAAOoc/ZCERbAD8X6UOZmqsH8Ax_p0CZccMaIOZgCLcB/s320/IMG_5223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The basement is cool and I can even get a hint of breeze through there between a fan and the patio door. &nbsp; I just pulled a completed warp off the loom just late yesterday and have one of the two scarves pinned out on the styro-foam board for <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2009/01/good-twist-to-yarn.html">fringe twisting</a>. &nbsp;</b>I should have them done and ready shortly. They certainly will dry quickly! &nbsp; Hubby is ready to assist with beaming another warp. &nbsp;(what a guy huh?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a peek of the completed project:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A83Wq5kD2oc/V1SWuJPtb1I/AAAAAAAAOos/A0P2VI2ira0-mQVp7Z0pOw6wQT7ddZfUACLcB/s1600/IMG_2585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A83Wq5kD2oc/V1SWuJPtb1I/AAAAAAAAOos/A0P2VI2ira0-mQVp7Z0pOw6wQT7ddZfUACLcB/s320/IMG_2585.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHpR4PHuvs4/V1SWtBlWUQI/AAAAAAAAOoo/sL7vYgYvyJMrJd5zWFdgPc9Nc3JV4e7_QCLcB/s1600/IMG_2605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHpR4PHuvs4/V1SWtBlWUQI/AAAAAAAAOoo/sL7vYgYvyJMrJd5zWFdgPc9Nc3JV4e7_QCLcB/s320/IMG_2605.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, snowflake is back.... its like an old friend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have one more picture for you. &nbsp;I know I posted about being in Cathedral Grove last post and how huge the trees are. I found one that helps give perspective....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SuSibVkB2IY/V1SX9MWmhfI/AAAAAAAAOo8/kq8o4Fac25wj9Vwm97-DeRyj6thptRmlgCLcB/s1600/Visit%2Bto%2BCathredral%2BGrove%2B%2BMay%2B2016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SuSibVkB2IY/V1SX9MWmhfI/AAAAAAAAOo8/kq8o4Fac25wj9Vwm97-DeRyj6thptRmlgCLcB/s320/Visit%2Bto%2BCathredral%2BGrove%2B%2BMay%2B2016.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So there's the merry little band walking through the trails. Me in the red coat (it was cold and windy!) Daughter and SIL (who is 6' 8" tall!).... and look at the girth of some of the *younger* trees that are approx 300 years old. &nbsp;It amazes me that this island used to have trees like this all over it at one time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As Joni Mitchell sang: " you don't know what you've got till its gone..."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/06/sudden-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-5075653373226599200Sun, 29 May 2016 08:09:00 +00002016-05-29T01:26:45.924-07:002 block turned twill20/2 silk8 shaft twill8/2 tencelClassic Dralliridescence effectJane Stafford TextilesLouet Spring loomPatterns by Carol StricklerOn the Wing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Zu4mZTQde8/V0XolhzfLDI/AAAAAAAAOgU/X7BivRfvjKICWsyMbSwlB0YQw4qCDDXWACLcB/s1600/IMG_2593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Zu4mZTQde8/V0XolhzfLDI/AAAAAAAAOgU/X7BivRfvjKICWsyMbSwlB0YQw4qCDDXWACLcB/s320/IMG_2593.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As promised, here's the second scarf from the grape silk warp. I think you can see now why I separated their debut's! Its dramatically different from the first scarf &nbsp;(in the <b><a href="http://weeverwoman.blogspot.ca/2016/05/juice-boxes.html">previous post</a></b>). Definitely fraternal twins with a common warp, but the similarity ends there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3hmY_4VssDo/V0Xo3bQWDjI/AAAAAAAAOgY/YpocL6O_Ui02nNxPf-KcvMynys3pTRL_wCLcB/s1600/IMG_2594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3hmY_4VssDo/V0Xo3bQWDjI/AAAAAAAAOgY/YpocL6O_Ui02nNxPf-KcvMynys3pTRL_wCLcB/s320/IMG_2594.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a hard time deciding whether I liked either scarf as I wove them as for a time I could catch glimpses of both and it really confused the eye. &nbsp;I was committed to the weft colours and so soldiered on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--728rKXghes/V0Xok3xNf8I/AAAAAAAAOgQ/clxUfxZTszELXcKMVLQUUEKed8qs4motgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--728rKXghes/V0Xok3xNf8I/AAAAAAAAOgQ/clxUfxZTszELXcKMVLQUUEKed8qs4motgCLcB/s320/IMG_2595.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The change happened once they came off the loom and cut apart. I left one on my work table and set the other scarf down elsewhere to wait its turn for fringe twisting. &nbsp;One scarf by itself was stunning.... as was the other. &nbsp;But close together? &nbsp; Not so much!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cXCgf_WyTkI/V0XpDQNDKfI/AAAAAAAAOgc/8Ln5o55Ww8YYu6eNsxk_A4SR2wn69FCywCLcB/s1600/IMG_2596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cXCgf_WyTkI/V0XpDQNDKfI/AAAAAAAAOgc/8Ln5o55Ww8YYu6eNsxk_A4SR2wn69FCywCLcB/s320/IMG_2596.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here we have 20/2 bombyx silk which has been hand dyed a grapey purple and I purchased it from <a href="http://janestaffordtextiles.com/"><b>Jane Stafford Textiles</b></a> earlier this year. The sett is 28 epi but I now feel 24 epi would be better next time round. &nbsp; This weft is 8/2 tencel from <b><a href="http://www.yarn.com/">Webs</a></b> called deep teal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7FYoDkrstZA/V0XpwZnE8HI/AAAAAAAAOgs/D6NEgMKnKKApGnUWw06UoFlEbpgnJgO5gCLcB/s1600/IMG_2597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7FYoDkrstZA/V0XpwZnE8HI/AAAAAAAAOgs/D6NEgMKnKKApGnUWw06UoFlEbpgnJgO5gCLcB/s320/IMG_2597.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This picture shows the overall length before any twirls around the neck. &nbsp;It was woven to approx seventy four / five inches and it wet finished out to seventy two plus fine fringe. &nbsp;The width is six and a half inches.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mfr8nBEYU20/V0Xpu-tsJTI/AAAAAAAAOgo/rLX73v7OJ0A-eHEXyq1xcNOPn0aFkcV-ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mfr8nBEYU20/V0Xpu-tsJTI/AAAAAAAAOgo/rLX73v7OJ0A-eHEXyq1xcNOPn0aFkcV-ACLcB/s320/IMG_2598.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The is a natural shine or sheen to both fibres and together they just glow! They go that bit further and create an iridescent &nbsp;effect like on a butterfly's wing. Both colours have similar depth of shade or intensity of colour. &nbsp;A good pressing encourages the sheen and maximum refection. &nbsp; Its magic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9snr4OeS-fs/V0XrCUa8jwI/AAAAAAAAOg8/jRIR53QeFp8EV5Ya3Xeby9eRGk0vCXD0ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9snr4OeS-fs/V0XrCUa8jwI/AAAAAAAAOg8/jRIR53QeFp8EV5Ya3Xeby9eRGk0vCXD0ACLcB/s320/IMG_2599.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another warp went on straight away and is progressing nicely. &nbsp;Yet another old classic, by request, to be revealed next post. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have had some special house guests for the past four or five days and had a wonderful time with them. &nbsp;My daughter and her husband came from Colorado &nbsp;and fly home out of Vancouver tomorrow. &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We visited <b><a href="http://www.oldcountrymarket.com/index.php">Goats on Roof in Coombs</a></b>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ANlOiNyIep4/V0qkgDlQmJI/AAAAAAAAOiQ/_VKBf_IOWZklBrKFELoz9BXfEEYr69LGQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ANlOiNyIep4/V0qkgDlQmJI/AAAAAAAAOiQ/_VKBf_IOWZklBrKFELoz9BXfEEYr69LGQCLcB/s320/IMG_1326.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">.....and then stopped and admired the gentle giants in <b><a href="http://www.cathedralgrove.eu/text/01-Cathedral-Grove-1.htm">Cathedral Grove</a>.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's a tree there that 20 people can stand and hold hands around the base. Its 1000 years old. &nbsp;It was 300 years old when Columbus came to the New World in 1492. &nbsp;Its a very humbling experience to stand among the trees and survey all the huge tree trunks surrounded by five- 6 foot giant ferns on the forest floor. The trees are so tall you can't view the entire tree if you look up. &nbsp; Here's a brief video:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-764fbf847e0f81f6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=https://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D764fbf847e0f81f6%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dblogger%26requiressl%3Dyes%26app%3Dblogger%26cmo%3Dsecure_transport%3Dyes%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%3Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1483486010%26sparams%3Dip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl%26signature%3DAB4A412F243074317699B5559387F20A2A9CD8F4.A6C0D2314FE72C490BA86D785705994388BE998A%26key%3Dck2&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D764fbf847e0f81f6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dr8MZe5aWq6aylDTyQxjN6aWmt2U&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="flvurl=https://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D764fbf847e0f81f6%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dblogger%26requiressl%3Dyes%26app%3Dblogger%26cmo%3Dsecure_transport%3Dyes%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%3Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1483486010%26sparams%3Dip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,requiressl%26signature%3DAB4A412F243074317699B5559387F20A2A9CD8F4.A6C0D2314FE72C490BA86D785705994388BE998A%26key%3Dck2&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D764fbf847e0f81f6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dr8MZe5aWq6aylDTyQxjN6aWmt2U&autoplay=0&ps=blogger" allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Colin, our son in law, and our daughter Carrie &nbsp;along with Calli our Airedale, checking out the 1000 year old tree. &nbsp;Colin is 6 foot 8 inches (no kidding!) for some perspective.... you can see where many people have climbed up on the fallen 'younger tree' and touched the old giant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WOx0n1GGrR4/V0qhCVvOgyI/AAAAAAAAOiA/ionOaycSnw8K-M7-Cl2w5uxa2n65iAIxgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WOx0n1GGrR4/V0qhCVvOgyI/AAAAAAAAOiA/ionOaycSnw8K-M7-Cl2w5uxa2n65iAIxgCLcB/s320/IMG_1328.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll leave you with some more wild wonders.... first, a tiny brown bat who has tucked himself into the crack of the garage door today. &nbsp;We are very happy to see him and his friends on the property as they eat a ton of bugs! &nbsp; White nose fungus has appeared to the south of us in Washington state, so hopefully this little fellow stays healthy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QgEmqRAImbc/V0qgv-ZKZjI/AAAAAAAAOiE/GWeDEGywpcsMTvIjRsm8kXhHQB8sKRi3wCKgB/s1600/IMG_1331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QgEmqRAImbc/V0qgv-ZKZjI/AAAAAAAAOiE/GWeDEGywpcsMTvIjRsm8kXhHQB8sKRi3wCKgB/s320/IMG_1331.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then this is the view from my kitchen window this morning as I was hand washing dishes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T-T_6dXv2kM/V0qmpIucCrI/AAAAAAAAOic/FtwxBWy2-IU6QujkBNlDG0-hPlXp1pgIACLcB/s1600/IMG_1320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T-T_6dXv2kM/V0qmpIucCrI/AAAAAAAAOic/FtwxBWy2-IU6QujkBNlDG0-hPlXp1pgIACLcB/s320/IMG_1320.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Her boyfriend came along about five minutes behind her.... he has little 'prongs' started, still in velvet.&nbsp;</div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/05/on-wing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1207036528348034687Mon, 23 May 2016 19:23:00 +00002016-05-23T13:40:32.065-07:0020/2 silkBambu 12company coming!Louet Spring loomThe Weaver's Book of Eight Shaft Patterns by Carol StricklerJuice Boxes<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YjTyzbbfOjc/V0K3gMz4kZI/AAAAAAAAOfs/_j-I0IXxZRUPNDy6AFfpTgWcLeM7BguwQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YjTyzbbfOjc/V0K3gMz4kZI/AAAAAAAAOfs/_j-I0IXxZRUPNDy6AFfpTgWcLeM7BguwQCLcB/s320/IMG_1385.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />It seems the faster I try to go, the further &nbsp;behind I get! &nbsp; We have been continuing &nbsp;to get things around the house tidied up for summer and have been busy doing odd jobs. Windows done (inside and out) deck railing and glass, some &nbsp;gardening..... every day has been full. &nbsp; We have decided to put our house and property on the market in the weeks ahead so we will continue to sort and down size. &nbsp;That's the big decision hinted at in the last post. &nbsp;We need a smaller yard and one level house on the main floor (at least). I have no doubt that there will be more joint surgery to come in the years ahead. I'd rather we change our situation voluntarily while we can and have choices, &nbsp;rather than have it forced on us later. &nbsp;( I have watched and learned from my senior family members before me)<br /><br />There is an additional air of pressure as we have two sets of company coming soon to visit! &nbsp; &nbsp;The first arrive this Wednesday so I baked some goodies yesterday and grocery shopping is later today, with last minute cleaning Wednesday morning. &nbsp;Phew!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UhinegoO1wI/V0K44tLq3UI/AAAAAAAAOf4/mKR7cz7oyFoDKZD3heCytWcSVh7Gu1jcgCKgB/s1600/IMG_1390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UhinegoO1wI/V0K44tLq3UI/AAAAAAAAOf4/mKR7cz7oyFoDKZD3heCytWcSVh7Gu1jcgCKgB/s320/IMG_1390.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />I'm so grateful that I have much more of my mobility back again to be able to do all this! &nbsp; For the past few years I was leaning so much more on my hubby's help... and some days I couldn't do much at all. So now that I seem to have the worse of two surgeries behind me, it feels like I've reengaged with Life again! &nbsp; Thanks for hanging in there Bruce!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Bdg7_6CUSI/V0K5AKszPPI/AAAAAAAAOf8/zlYdWe1zJ1ocDbzBiCQMr7hCHt5xJ-JjwCKgB/s1600/IMG_1391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Bdg7_6CUSI/V0K5AKszPPI/AAAAAAAAOf8/zlYdWe1zJ1ocDbzBiCQMr7hCHt5xJ-JjwCKgB/s320/IMG_1391.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Don't you love this time of year with all the flowers bursting out everywhere?&nbsp;</div><br />There's been time for some weaving all well. &nbsp;I wove off two scarves from this warp but they are so completely different, that I'm showing them to you one at a time. The second scarf will be another post. &nbsp; So here's the first and I call it Juice Boxes. &nbsp; The warp is a lovely rich grape colour (think grape juice! ). Its 20/2 silk and I set it at 28 epi but to be truthful, next time I would try 24 epi instead. &nbsp;Its perfectly okay and has a lovely hand, but I'm are always looking for where improvements can be made.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cvOZKcpd50Y/V0KzYsTUF6I/AAAAAAAAOew/8e2W8YmoS1sH56_TD2quXiWaHhJ-VgJTgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cvOZKcpd50Y/V0KzYsTUF6I/AAAAAAAAOew/8e2W8YmoS1sH56_TD2quXiWaHhJ-VgJTgCLcB/s320/IMG_2571.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weft is Bambu 12 which is quite fine. Its a mint green with just a touch of blue in its base and so it works with the grape quite nicely! &nbsp;The pattern is an eight shaft Classic Drall ( #228 as found in <b><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Weavers-Book-8-Shaft-Patterns/dp/093402667X">The Weaver's Book of Eight Shaft Patterns</a></b>). &nbsp; Its a two block turned twill weave on eight shafts and a nifty weave. &nbsp;There is something about the neat and tidy arrangement of boxes that appeals to the eye. Like stacked "juice boxes". &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R0mbluNW2Lc/V0KzYhUa7gI/AAAAAAAAOe0/dUocrwWdLmEAt8kl4toBkVQ6x5eiuITlgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R0mbluNW2Lc/V0KzYhUa7gI/AAAAAAAAOe0/dUocrwWdLmEAt8kl4toBkVQ6x5eiuITlgCLcB/s320/IMG_2586.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like to have a picture showing the length of the scarf and Madge my lovely assistant does a fine job of demonstrating &nbsp;that</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-728giZDfJfE/V0K0F8VvQII/AAAAAAAAOfE/ZzU1Pmk5yaQbyzd0KiedJLT-S74rKf45QCLcB/s1600/IMG_2587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-728giZDfJfE/V0K0F8VvQII/AAAAAAAAOfE/ZzU1Pmk5yaQbyzd0KiedJLT-S74rKf45QCLcB/s320/IMG_2587.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we can get to playing around with draping and going for flourish!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-898parc1dds/V0Kz_J4k6JI/AAAAAAAAOfA/wOejykVxPyET7uMT3Wx5vr1B7neIG2FdACLcB/s1600/IMG_2588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-898parc1dds/V0Kz_J4k6JI/AAAAAAAAOfA/wOejykVxPyET7uMT3Wx5vr1B7neIG2FdACLcB/s320/IMG_2588.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Classic Drall &nbsp;is so versatile for either table linens, or for scarves. &nbsp;I'm thinking it would be neat to try a three block version &nbsp;on 12 shafts. I'm going to play around in Fiberworks and see how it could work visually.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NEJr0ol-woI/V0K1PPUU99I/AAAAAAAAOfU/LgUTCe7W2QkHihmVfFurP9NS5uAwwHZaACLcB/s1600/IMG_2590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NEJr0ol-woI/V0K1PPUU99I/AAAAAAAAOfU/LgUTCe7W2QkHihmVfFurP9NS5uAwwHZaACLcB/s320/IMG_2590.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are two views of the scarf and full fringe and you can really see how deep the grape colour is. The hand is soft as you would expect for a silk and bamboo combination. The bamboo tightened up nicely with wet finishing and the steam pressing brought out the soft sheen of the silk.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U5Om4BH0mSk/V0K1OYjsaFI/AAAAAAAAOfQ/DIqBPcYMWqQkpZ16dVS2GlY2GgHtR0xTQCLcB/s1600/IMG_2591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U5Om4BH0mSk/V0K1OYjsaFI/AAAAAAAAOfQ/DIqBPcYMWqQkpZ16dVS2GlY2GgHtR0xTQCLcB/s320/IMG_2591.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These &nbsp;pretty girls gave it a round of applause!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FtL2PCunvZg/V0K5CHcW0XI/AAAAAAAAOgA/G8zXbcmscE4I2gD4L_cG4OmryR9xJVPcwCKgB/s1600/IMG_1413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FtL2PCunvZg/V0K5CHcW0XI/AAAAAAAAOgA/G8zXbcmscE4I2gD4L_cG4OmryR9xJVPcwCKgB/s320/IMG_1413.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/05/juice-boxes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-2004435395475025315Tue, 10 May 2016 21:09:00 +00002016-05-10T14:09:16.260-07:00being a grandparentfamilygrand kidsVancouverHeart FeltWe went over to Vancouver for my son's 40th birthday this past weekend. &nbsp;The year he was born, it was also Mother's Day. &nbsp;I squeaked in under the wire at having him at 10:55 pm and then I asked where my flowers and card were?<br /><br />Well, I thought it was funny at the time....<br /><br />Anyhow we were over there visiting this weekend and had a party one evening, where I went dancing with my grandson to a live band (thank you Dr Jacks for fixing me!), &nbsp;and a Mother's day brunch at their home the next. &nbsp; My son and grandson Ethan made the yummiest, light as air waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. &nbsp; &nbsp;And there was flowers and a card too.<br /><br />Here they are pretending to be going very fast on the back deck on the Thomas bike:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLg3t3UruEk/VzJLfbZUGKI/AAAAAAAAOeI/sJE5HySfQzUngjBY11Tlb_btdrSqndyJACLcB/s1600/Ethan%2B%2BSunday%2BMay%2B8th%2B2016%2Bage%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLg3t3UruEk/VzJLfbZUGKI/AAAAAAAAOeI/sJE5HySfQzUngjBY11Tlb_btdrSqndyJACLcB/s320/Ethan%2B%2BSunday%2BMay%2B8th%2B2016%2Bage%2B4.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QtlTR9yaeQQ/VzJLfGVUOuI/AAAAAAAAOeE/LDclJVXvjxcEn4iywsdG7RoscfAhaaNTwCLcB/s1600/Madison%2BSunday%2BMay8th%2B2016%2B%2Bage%2Bone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QtlTR9yaeQQ/VzJLfGVUOuI/AAAAAAAAOeE/LDclJVXvjxcEn4iywsdG7RoscfAhaaNTwCLcB/s320/Madison%2BSunday%2BMay8th%2B2016%2B%2Bage%2Bone.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br />We had bought our grand daughter a pretty dress for her birthday in early March..... and she wore it Saturday night to the party.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xzZtLjHtIAk/VzJLA7wxFQI/AAAAAAAAOeA/bme_6bg-4E0_k-2TaFMcYvZgdRPQi03GQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xzZtLjHtIAk/VzJLA7wxFQI/AAAAAAAAOeA/bme_6bg-4E0_k-2TaFMcYvZgdRPQi03GQCLcB/s320/IMG_1302.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I think the term is " she has us wrapped around her little finger".</div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/05/heart-felt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-303647388203369919Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:06:00 +00002016-04-29T17:07:45.325-07:0020/2 silk8/2 bambooDrall weaveLouet Spring loomstudio helpertrainsA Class Act<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4WqQd70EcNg/VyPwCSViLDI/AAAAAAAAObM/-9LSvzAAhqQFjmdNXmWTqiGFxcEAxbe2ACLcB/s1600/IMG_2571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4WqQd70EcNg/VyPwCSViLDI/AAAAAAAAObM/-9LSvzAAhqQFjmdNXmWTqiGFxcEAxbe2ACLcB/s400/IMG_2571.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm weaving classy "classic Drall weave".... in between tax prep, yard work, window cleaning, &nbsp;and catching up on Life. &nbsp;One side effect of deteriorated joints and surgeries is that sets you on the sidelines and you watch other people doing things and going places. &nbsp; Like you used to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, I'm feeling stronger and more myself again and I have some serious catching up to do! Some decisions to be made.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zDyecmvj3c/VyPwEITnwhI/AAAAAAAAObQ/3AqyLafIvE0l9A-nYVQ6enXmzrHsQ48qwCLcB/s1600/IMG_2570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zDyecmvj3c/VyPwEITnwhI/AAAAAAAAObQ/3AqyLafIvE0l9A-nYVQ6enXmzrHsQ48qwCLcB/s400/IMG_2570.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Like what colour weft to use with grape 20/2 silk? &nbsp;How about mint fine bamboo? &nbsp; &nbsp;These are going to be nice once washed and pressed up. You can see the silk's sheen coming through already as it turns the corner on the breast beam. <br /><br />Next scarf? I'm staying with fine bamboo and either an old gold or ?? &nbsp; I'll show you what I decide next post.<br /><br />I'm losing ground on the stock situation as my neighbour came over and bought two scarves for his mother and aunt both turning 90. &nbsp;I'm very pleased he thought my scarves worthy of a special gift like that. &nbsp; I'm going to have to keep plugging away and try to get my sales chest built back up again! <br /><br />I need towels, runners and shawls &nbsp;so check in from time to time and see what's being dreamed up and made real. &nbsp; <br /><br />That's what we do you know.... take an image from our mind and make it real.<br /><br />With help from your friends of course....<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kUFP3XUePGQ/VyP07THgn-I/AAAAAAAAObg/BNka39UdHl4Bl0G8dLwCPZ__rDW7DFYvACLcB/s1600/IMG_2538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kUFP3XUePGQ/VyP07THgn-I/AAAAAAAAObg/BNka39UdHl4Bl0G8dLwCPZ__rDW7DFYvACLcB/s320/IMG_2538.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its only fair as I helped him at his job some years ago....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gkUflF7dcZo/VyP1pdas0EI/AAAAAAAAObo/x9wKrnfJXn4EayRAQ1Ln640toQw1dnaWQCLcB/s1600/Scan%2B139.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gkUflF7dcZo/VyP1pdas0EI/AAAAAAAAObo/x9wKrnfJXn4EayRAQ1Ln640toQw1dnaWQCLcB/s320/Scan%2B139.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>This is how I spent two weeks over Christmas 1984. The Via &nbsp;passenger train. &nbsp;The engineer, my husband Bruce, &nbsp;sits on the right hand side. Everyone thought I was running the train and I was happy to let them keep thinking that! http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-class-act.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1016104340790832041Fri, 08 Apr 2016 01:50:00 +00002016-04-07T18:50:03.512-07:0020/2 silk6 shaft reversing 2/2 twill8/2 tencelDrall weaveLouet Spring loomnew colours... And Sometimes More is Better!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That last project was fun.... and I *loved* the results. So why not do it again? &nbsp; Some changes to the project this time round:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>I increased the size of the 'boxes' width by four ends per box. The overall width went up by half and inch to 7.5 inches</li><li>I added an extra black warp thread to the selvedges, so when it gets compacted its still the same size as the central dividers. Nit picky I know....</li><li>I changed two colours to brighten things up, but left three as they still complimented the colour scheme.</li></ul><div>I'm like this when I follow a cake or main dinner recipe too. I follow the rules and recipe faithfully the first time, then I make adjustments to suit me. &nbsp; It works....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YFSW_FkPuU4/VwR_EHLG67I/AAAAAAAAOLg/NGMVEmzSJIo1rWtX4wKE18br9yW9CkjBw/s1600/IMG_2525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YFSW_FkPuU4/VwR_EHLG67I/AAAAAAAAOLg/NGMVEmzSJIo1rWtX4wKE18br9yW9CkjBw/s320/IMG_2525.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was not a complicated weave to treadle but this one took time as I had hurt my new knee and so I had to be more careful and weave only in small timed sessions. &nbsp;After months of pain and recovery, I do not want to mess it up! &nbsp; Spring has also arrived here and so we have been tackling other jobs such as taxes, yard work, &nbsp;spring cleaning in the house and our ever present "downsizing stuff". &nbsp; Its an energetic time of year and the outdoors beckons again. &nbsp;The calendar is also starting filling up with plans for trips, &nbsp;house guests and summer events. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, the scarves were all done, the fringes twisted, hand washed and dried over night. A good hard pressing and fringe trimmed up neat. &nbsp; &nbsp;I dragged Madge back outside again and she and I did some poses. &nbsp;She's a rather wooden and stubborn model but the only one I have. Next gal will hopefully have arms!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-93u3Q5khu1c/VwR_qZbXYCI/AAAAAAAAOLs/AduxisShatM8N_vEMQzwJttDn57ilFhiA/s1600/IMG_2552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-93u3Q5khu1c/VwR_qZbXYCI/AAAAAAAAOLs/AduxisShatM8N_vEMQzwJttDn57ilFhiA/s320/IMG_2552.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hanging straight to show over all length.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2aqtE54NHd0/VwSAFDaYaXI/AAAAAAAAOL0/WiGBo89wutcnxTPZZrXilRnEw738eC-wg/s1600/IMG_2553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2aqtE54NHd0/VwSAFDaYaXI/AAAAAAAAOL0/WiGBo89wutcnxTPZZrXilRnEw738eC-wg/s320/IMG_2553.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then some flips and folds for flare....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-quKbDvlZ1fk/VwSANqmxrqI/AAAAAAAAOL8/VbFp1YPvH8kl8EWNo2oL8dWcAHsLisbfQ/s1600/IMG_2554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-quKbDvlZ1fk/VwSANqmxrqI/AAAAAAAAOL8/VbFp1YPvH8kl8EWNo2oL8dWcAHsLisbfQ/s320/IMG_2554.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbC6KaXzCco/VwSA3fnrEhI/AAAAAAAAOMI/UPXqkRlzLjUH9c7b3XygeLYzejOhfBTPA/s1600/IMG_2555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbC6KaXzCco/VwSA3fnrEhI/AAAAAAAAOMI/UPXqkRlzLjUH9c7b3XygeLYzejOhfBTPA/s320/IMG_2555.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uh-edCWbbsU/VwSA7EcI9DI/AAAAAAAAOMM/OQOuvw5wkusIfQoI45vJCgR5_YajDfHhg/s1600/IMG_2556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uh-edCWbbsU/VwSA7EcI9DI/AAAAAAAAOMM/OQOuvw5wkusIfQoI45vJCgR5_YajDfHhg/s320/IMG_2556.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rq65LWilAMQ/VwSBk0ZOwgI/AAAAAAAAOMU/aa7WMVIPLiYeBQifssv2exzUxkqtwQA1Q/s1600/IMG_2557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rq65LWilAMQ/VwSBk0ZOwgI/AAAAAAAAOMU/aa7WMVIPLiYeBQifssv2exzUxkqtwQA1Q/s320/IMG_2557.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... and in this one below, I turned the centre to show the opposite side. Its fully reversible.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2JkG_BE_W8k/VwSBqT4GCtI/AAAAAAAAOMc/xfTikYpJmkgknGnH4cmIknK78Sar1V19w/s1600/IMG_2558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2JkG_BE_W8k/VwSBqT4GCtI/AAAAAAAAOMc/xfTikYpJmkgknGnH4cmIknK78Sar1V19w/s320/IMG_2558.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIHcaSB5vho/VwSBtR5O8KI/AAAAAAAAOMg/8k9PEtOHxEQTDuXbif4O7SFL7Wpn97Shg/s1600/IMG_2559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIHcaSB5vho/VwSBtR5O8KI/AAAAAAAAOMg/8k9PEtOHxEQTDuXbif4O7SFL7Wpn97Shg/s320/IMG_2559.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I got my own private black &nbsp;rain cloud and so we dashed back inside and shot a few more. &nbsp;I used every light I own, a white back ground and a flash so sorry if these are a bit dark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6sCcsNyFlWY/VwSJbImFBWI/AAAAAAAAOM4/PhQnSJRAoVUvqxmJiITQNOV3aModkPCzQ/s1600/IMG_2563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6sCcsNyFlWY/VwSJbImFBWI/AAAAAAAAOM4/PhQnSJRAoVUvqxmJiITQNOV3aModkPCzQ/s320/IMG_2563.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />They do show how rich the colours are! Tencel is super for the rich deep shades they have, plus black does make the colours pop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-alNKz-cVrzs/VwSQfi7Jt0I/AAAAAAAAONs/cYrqhP0AzGwEQOkhHS8JO3HEKltoho3gA/s1600/IMG_2564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-alNKz-cVrzs/VwSQfi7Jt0I/AAAAAAAAONs/cYrqhP0AzGwEQOkhHS8JO3HEKltoho3gA/s320/IMG_2564.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3rNfL7xivzE/VwSKA7k_imI/AAAAAAAAONI/q3K9bsSQHUofletoZY4SZqFqzgK8ol4dQ/s1600/IMG_2565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3rNfL7xivzE/VwSKA7k_imI/AAAAAAAAONI/q3K9bsSQHUofletoZY4SZqFqzgK8ol4dQ/s320/IMG_2565.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see the reversing twill more clearly.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7zO88qLpyIc/VwSJ-XQbblI/AAAAAAAAONA/1wKfzXKmonEKd4ognXXJeQf9EYTBX7Wig/s1600/IMG_2566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7zO88qLpyIc/VwSJ-XQbblI/AAAAAAAAONA/1wKfzXKmonEKd4ognXXJeQf9EYTBX7Wig/s320/IMG_2566.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-of6xFIOYEgU/VwSKJr8O6aI/AAAAAAAAONM/NNdv1vNc3Rga8h9shW0Gpx4Ebe70m3zSg/s1600/IMG_2567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-of6xFIOYEgU/VwSKJr8O6aI/AAAAAAAAONM/NNdv1vNc3Rga8h9shW0Gpx4Ebe70m3zSg/s320/IMG_2567.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These two (above) show the finishing details: small neat hemstitching to secure the edge threads and tight twisting. &nbsp; No beads this time as they are busy enough as they are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So now what? &nbsp;I have some 20/2 silk just beamed on the Spring loom and I'm two thirds through the threading for classic drall. &nbsp; &nbsp;Here's my other studio helper, Bruce. &nbsp;He's right there when ever a new warp needs beaming or loom needs lifting. That's the &nbsp;drall silk in the picture.... a nice grape purple!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V9Kee44Ku1A/VwcNKbPp85I/AAAAAAAAON8/AZz2i78JQW4d-QmWVw9v4FY1iXAEhVOPg/s1600/IMG_2538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V9Kee44Ku1A/VwcNKbPp85I/AAAAAAAAON8/AZz2i78JQW4d-QmWVw9v4FY1iXAEhVOPg/s320/IMG_2538.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An upgrade in computers means the Megado is waiting for &nbsp;reloading of USB to serial port drivers... again. &nbsp; So that's on the 'to-do' list and will be done shortly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm slowly working through more family photos and work on them at night as we watch the TV. &nbsp;I'm somewhere in the range of 1500 scanned now and probably as much again to do. &nbsp; &nbsp;"Eating the elephant one bite at a time" &nbsp; I must state for the record that no elephants are harmed here and I personally like them. &nbsp; 🐘</div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/04/and-sometimes-more-is-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-1564401945687594863Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:23:00 +00002016-03-30T10:38:15.017-07:006 shaft reversing 2/2 twill8/2 tencelLouet Spring loomSometimes Less is MoreI spent the entire day today on computers. &nbsp; Setting up a new Mac and preparing my old one for Hubby Dearest &nbsp;to use. &nbsp; We 'migrated' stuff using Apple's programs and troubleshooted some other issues. &nbsp; Such as this one: &nbsp;I've been using a program called iPhoto to do all the hundreds of old family pictures and apparently &nbsp;Apple has dropped it from their roster. I clearly did not get the memo. &nbsp;I have a back up drive with all the pictures as saved in iPhoto.... but where do they get to go?? &nbsp;The new Mac didn't come with iPhoto so I had a moment of panic. &nbsp;As luck would have it, we found that I could download the program from the &nbsp;'previously purchased' list at the App store, and after that download, they all went like homing pigeons into their folders! &nbsp;iPhoto won't receive updates anymore so I will have to work out where to shift them to next, but I'm putting out one bush fire at a time !<br /><br />So I'm using my new Mac for this post and hubby beside me is happily on his learning curve with the MacAir as he's a newbie. ( iPads and iPhones don't really set you up for a full on Mac). &nbsp;His other PC laptop died after only six months, which is just crazy. &nbsp;Its a lot of money to be out after a few months, not to mention the aggravation factor! &nbsp; The Apple conversion in this house is now total and complete! &nbsp; &nbsp; He was a tough nut to crack but like water on rock....... &nbsp; &nbsp; :)<br /><br /><br />I had four or five cones of 8/2 &nbsp;(or 2/8) tencel sitting on my desk for some time. &nbsp;Old gold, mineral green, taupe, Pompeii, and slate gray. There was something about the colours that drew me and they seemed to just go together but what to do with them? &nbsp; I wanted to use all of them and try to keep the colours separate and distinct if possible. &nbsp;I spent much time looking through old drafts, old samples looking for inspiration. &nbsp; Then in a stack of old drafts &nbsp;which I call my 'some day' pile I found a 6 shaft reversing 2/2 twill. &nbsp; Then I found some similar colours in my Fiberworks. Not accurate but close enough for me.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Liksff1JMt8/VvteceKHVLI/AAAAAAAAOHo/_sj_nv45BOoLcpXZSmNTQMAtdNqhGiXvA/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-01-29%2Bat%2B11.37.03%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Liksff1JMt8/VvteceKHVLI/AAAAAAAAOHo/_sj_nv45BOoLcpXZSmNTQMAtdNqhGiXvA/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-01-29%2Bat%2B11.37.03%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Aprox 200 ends, 24 epi and 6 yards in length. I wound the warp and it hung &nbsp;around awhile waiting its turn, but at least it in the queue now! <br /><br />After the ombre scarves came off, the warp went on and Bruce was there to help. &nbsp;Here he is all set to use his new trick of a pvc rod in the paper roll to stop it from going wandering while being wound on. It really seems to help!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YHNsg0l2s7Q/Vvtd5GjOH5I/AAAAAAAAOHQ/wkVfFSB93vkoql3-UR35rPzyXa3vh8DxA/s1600/IMG_2513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YHNsg0l2s7Q/Vvtd5GjOH5I/AAAAAAAAOHQ/wkVfFSB93vkoql3-UR35rPzyXa3vh8DxA/s320/IMG_2513.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I used my usual lacing on and two stick start. It really reduces the loom waste. &nbsp;I only nip off the knots later and all that becomes my twisted fringe later &nbsp;instead of going into the trash bin or thrums bag (which I don't keep).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7dZHVTluHYQ/Vvtd7HbuIqI/AAAAAAAAOHc/m287n6sXmVg0E8yl465NPqQIo8Oths5cA/s1600/IMG_2480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7dZHVTluHYQ/Vvtd7HbuIqI/AAAAAAAAOHc/m287n6sXmVg0E8yl465NPqQIo8Oths5cA/s320/IMG_2480.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I checked for mistakes, prepped my floating selvedges and got busy. &nbsp;It met all my desired criteria of keeping colours separate and altogether, fully reversible, and having visual impact but simply done. &nbsp;It sure looked better than I expected! &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hG2Xpira4VY/Vvtj1MDIPHI/AAAAAAAAOH4/vMdiqCrn6nggrc3VHG-J4bHLUqwpj2iGQ/s1600/IMG_2481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hG2Xpira4VY/Vvtj1MDIPHI/AAAAAAAAOH4/vMdiqCrn6nggrc3VHG-J4bHLUqwpj2iGQ/s320/IMG_2481.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a nice 'melding' of the colours, which are all of a similar value and depth of shade. &nbsp;The black dividers nicely pop the colours, as well as the little boxes shine through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wove two in these colours and I can't say how important pressing is to the final wet finishing at the projects conclusion. &nbsp; Its the shine on the apple. &nbsp; &nbsp; I hope you can see these two examples clearly.... maybe enlarge it to see better, either by clicking or spreading with your fingers. &nbsp;One scarf is washed and dry.... the other washed, dry and pressed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C9L9RS8t_yA/VvteZvjO_cI/AAAAAAAAOHo/WR5S2z3OCmI6BZgPpsaCmUw-NoknGV6XA/s1600/IMG_2517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C9L9RS8t_yA/VvteZvjO_cI/AAAAAAAAOHo/WR5S2z3OCmI6BZgPpsaCmUw-NoknGV6XA/s320/IMG_2517.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cloth becomes softer, &nbsp;more drape to it, beautiful sheen, and ready to go somewhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MEb8iTnbmAY/Vvtouv-WKQI/AAAAAAAAOIQ/mzVJB5gBKiwYpqT-7SxU8ERas_m0lAgkg/s1600/IMG_2546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MEb8iTnbmAY/Vvtouv-WKQI/AAAAAAAAOIQ/mzVJB5gBKiwYpqT-7SxU8ERas_m0lAgkg/s320/IMG_2546.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Showing the length.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OjlKmvLNmIg/Vvtom_qJ9BI/AAAAAAAAOII/WdVVaTJQeNoafvAl8jtiqdXtSpz25ud7Q/s1600/IMG_2547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OjlKmvLNmIg/Vvtom_qJ9BI/AAAAAAAAOII/WdVVaTJQeNoafvAl8jtiqdXtSpz25ud7Q/s320/IMG_2547.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y25GKc55c0o/VvtoocvA87I/AAAAAAAAOIM/-svvizjoQpQyyP7Z7PYCbl_KERe9jPTzQ/s1600/IMG_2550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y25GKc55c0o/VvtoocvA87I/AAAAAAAAOIM/-svvizjoQpQyyP7Z7PYCbl_KERe9jPTzQ/s320/IMG_2550.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here the fold has been turned to show the reverse side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v24VFCzws8o/Vvto9r1cM2I/AAAAAAAAOIU/q1XvIoWrEeovCEaXF3kPphhQg4m3FEf5w/s1600/IMG_2560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v24VFCzws8o/Vvto9r1cM2I/AAAAAAAAOIU/q1XvIoWrEeovCEaXF3kPphhQg4m3FEf5w/s320/IMG_2560.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was thrilled with how they turned out! &nbsp; So I wound another warp to do it again.... next post will be the second warp and how getting excited about weaving again, did me in &nbsp; :( &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;But I'm doing okay and ready to start again but in a more sedate fashion. &nbsp; More tortoise, less hare. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of rabbits, I hope you had an enjoyable Easter. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/03/sometimes-less-is-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-5182510185816787744Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:00:00 +00002016-03-24T16:00:17.561-07:008/2 tencelAncestryhome improvementsknee replacement recoverymemoriesold family photographsDown the Rabbit Hole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Where did a month go? &nbsp; &nbsp;I'm still here...... honest!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well, it seems that my getting back into weaving that fast was perhaps a bit too much, too fast and I have been resting my knee and leg (other than the mandatory exercises). &nbsp;<br /><br />I fell down a proverbial rabbit hole!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-usvkKJgDSZ0/VvRk_uwNsDI/AAAAAAAAOEo/PsuY9irSDtMOAA6KQe7PpKiZW5QhmIYaQ/s1600/Scan%2B27.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-usvkKJgDSZ0/VvRk_uwNsDI/AAAAAAAAOEo/PsuY9irSDtMOAA6KQe7PpKiZW5QhmIYaQ/s320/Scan%2B27.jpeg" width="186" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paternal great x3 aunt, only known as Ms Bowers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I started sorting and scanning old family pictures instead to be useful with my time while my knee settles down. &nbsp; Its like an old murder mystery but minus the murder part and you track clues and family trees.... and oh, look its midnight!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O7zpfI9Xv-8/VvRlddYTfjI/AAAAAAAAOEs/uICxdKMV9-opJp52JVEONcaJlP8j66m0Q/s1600/Scan%2B6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O7zpfI9Xv-8/VvRlddYTfjI/AAAAAAAAOEs/uICxdKMV9-opJp52JVEONcaJlP8j66m0Q/s320/Scan%2B6.jpeg" width="185" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olive &nbsp;age 3, 1924</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have &nbsp;family pictures for both my sets of grandparents and even some of great grandparents, then add to the mix one paternal aunt and her two marriages, and also two maternal aunts and their spouses &nbsp;and all of the pictures taken by my father and mother over their lifetimes and I have literally thousands to sort, identify and scan.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vS0D75qsNNQ/VvRmHw1_hwI/AAAAAAAAOE8/5ynlMoq__LImorZlsq_hKFKkYuqe5pe3g/s1600/Scan%2B115.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vS0D75qsNNQ/VvRmHw1_hwI/AAAAAAAAOE8/5ynlMoq__LImorZlsq_hKFKkYuqe5pe3g/s320/Scan%2B115.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twins 1934<br />&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S4x5WkUkXEA/VvRmAZUuKqI/AAAAAAAAOE0/WGF-S2I15owGpxRqCAv6jNU_J82_kcWvA/s1600/Scan%2B87.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S4x5WkUkXEA/VvRmAZUuKqI/AAAAAAAAOE0/WGF-S2I15owGpxRqCAv6jNU_J82_kcWvA/s320/Scan%2B87.jpeg" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twins approx 1937</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yq0svURmHq0/VvRmI3TIMmI/AAAAAAAAOFA/_hTzbgm6vps8jkjztU7_KO_PcyE3mlQyQ/s1600/Scan%2B95.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yq0svURmHq0/VvRmI3TIMmI/AAAAAAAAOFA/_hTzbgm6vps8jkjztU7_KO_PcyE3mlQyQ/s320/Scan%2B95.jpeg" width="205" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twins approx 1940-41</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wB_3vOVB5aA/VvRmCC7vK7I/AAAAAAAAOE4/yDND113h_Ww6ehWsJXPCEI4MB67iMZFtQ/s1600/Scan%2B125.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wB_3vOVB5aA/VvRmCC7vK7I/AAAAAAAAOE4/yDND113h_Ww6ehWsJXPCEI4MB67iMZFtQ/s320/Scan%2B125.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twins approx 1948-49</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I have an account with <b><a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry</a></b> and so can double check years and dates, family connections and then I have been sending these out one by one to family. &nbsp; I had thought that 12-15 per day would take me 2-3 years but I decided to speed things up a bit. &nbsp; &nbsp; So long as they sort using my subject lines, then all photos will group together as an individual or family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UkWTYFBn7pQ/VvRoVgmsPeI/AAAAAAAAOFQ/GxGlt7yN1Gsp3Q4ETey6lKYWyZvEOqJ6g/s1600/Scan.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UkWTYFBn7pQ/VvRoVgmsPeI/AAAAAAAAOFQ/GxGlt7yN1Gsp3Q4ETey6lKYWyZvEOqJ6g/s320/Scan.jpeg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paternal great uncles Bill and Fred</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its fascinating seeing Life in another place and time, from their births to their old age. Its been a quite cathartic experience and it sure puts what's important .... truly important into perspective.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9T-qzi23Obk/VvRo1GKGmHI/AAAAAAAAOFU/WVRF-t2FCnA5w09NkWCgoCjv2chuASJYg/s1600/Scan%2B17.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9T-qzi23Obk/VvRo1GKGmHI/AAAAAAAAOFU/WVRF-t2FCnA5w09NkWCgoCjv2chuASJYg/s320/Scan%2B17.jpeg" width="208" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paternal great aunt Hilda&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>I'm doing my best with each and every one I handle as now that my father has passed on, &nbsp;I'm the eldest in our family and for some of these people, I'm the only one to have met them or know their names. &nbsp; <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--DXeucfYMXE/VvRpRVC1zeI/AAAAAAAAOFc/0jmPwGZH-Rk_VBzhE4KpOof7ZbWepsbKA/s1600/Scan%2B39.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--DXeucfYMXE/VvRpRVC1zeI/AAAAAAAAOFc/0jmPwGZH-Rk_VBzhE4KpOof7ZbWepsbKA/s320/Scan%2B39.jpeg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown family member... no one recorded his name on the back.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I just didn't want them to remain nameless or end up in a garbage bin or second hand shop someday. That is so sad. &nbsp;<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3hCC7Bdf4rk/VvRp5S4tyAI/AAAAAAAAOFk/5LXBOIoqEoIjecU409Sj2QAK3rq7v2f2A/s1600/Scan%2B1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3hCC7Bdf4rk/VvRp5S4tyAI/AAAAAAAAOFk/5LXBOIoqEoIjecU409Sj2QAK3rq7v2f2A/s320/Scan%2B1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Family weddings....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wDOC0hMXvNk/VvRp8CEL4uI/AAAAAAAAOFo/Cxi_kshEk9c7SZ-mFcmXiXubHPcYVvnmg/s1600/Scan%2B4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wDOC0hMXvNk/VvRp8CEL4uI/AAAAAAAAOFo/Cxi_kshEk9c7SZ-mFcmXiXubHPcYVvnmg/s320/Scan%2B4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />If you have old style paper photographs, even if you don't organize them, at least write names on the back so someone one day who does organize them has names to go with faces. &nbsp;Its one of those jobs that everyone says they must do sometime but it never seems important until its too late.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zDWu-7xmc-Y/VvRq1F7JaSI/AAAAAAAAOF4/7t7fwBkGD7Mz249kR1ab0IlrX1T8kFiGA/s1600/Scan%2B31.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zDWu-7xmc-Y/VvRq1F7JaSI/AAAAAAAAOF4/7t7fwBkGD7Mz249kR1ab0IlrX1T8kFiGA/s320/Scan%2B31.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and funerals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-evgbx5wiWEI/VvRqvkSoUcI/AAAAAAAAOF0/I6G1IHOBOhYmhH9x5sdQwAKS71HSBwN2A/s1600/Scan%2B32.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-evgbx5wiWEI/VvRqvkSoUcI/AAAAAAAAOF0/I6G1IHOBOhYmhH9x5sdQwAKS71HSBwN2A/s320/Scan%2B32.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Trust me, we all become a line on a family tree someday and with the technology around now, you can add pictures, stories, and even video's.<br /><br />Consider it a gift to the future family.....<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gTxq00szuTI/VvRrhZT7NUI/AAAAAAAAOGA/9Bs8DPH_kyU1wQ2T4Ajoj5iOrhADoZE0A/s1600/Scan%2B11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gTxq00szuTI/VvRrhZT7NUI/AAAAAAAAOGA/9Bs8DPH_kyU1wQ2T4Ajoj5iOrhADoZE0A/s320/Scan%2B11.jpeg" width="187" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new babies</td></tr></tbody></table>I did manage to ever so slowly weave off the last portion of my recent &nbsp;scarves and they are threatening us with some sunshine tomorrow so I hope to put Madge Mannequin outside for some beauty shots.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AGGjyDornPk/VvRvp2XAWXI/AAAAAAAAOGQ/9-WLlcgTlJIHmXnuYCNc5ixMMP73mLw5A/s1600/IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AGGjyDornPk/VvRvp2XAWXI/AAAAAAAAOGQ/9-WLlcgTlJIHmXnuYCNc5ixMMP73mLw5A/s320/IMG_2482.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uTJHCJDPUIQ/VvRvnFuqG3I/AAAAAAAAOGM/geFNBDU8OfIvSMSmtTQH09KRMgiiFJutg/s1600/IMG_2525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uTJHCJDPUIQ/VvRvnFuqG3I/AAAAAAAAOGM/geFNBDU8OfIvSMSmtTQH09KRMgiiFJutg/s320/IMG_2525.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Meanwhile we had an overflow from our four year old dishwasher and so our four year old hard wood floor is being lifted in places and &nbsp;replaced with new boards this weekend. &nbsp; The offending dishwasher is still here and we are hand washing until we decide which route to take: repair or replace. &nbsp;Hand washing is a very time consuming job. &nbsp; :(<br /><br />Then there have also been some mysterious plumbing 'issues' downstairs which has four plumbers scratching their heads while we search for solutions. &nbsp;<br /><br />Now you know why the Rabbit Hole has been so appealing.... &nbsp; &nbsp;next post, weaving.... promise!<br /><br /><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/03/down-rabbit-hole.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-4138663421734765425Sun, 21 Feb 2016 01:38:00 +00002016-02-20T17:40:37.248-08:008/2 tencelbeaming a warpnew tricksstudio helperNew Tricks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ueoCgNJsTDg/VskSU94PmjI/AAAAAAAANpU/HPu80G2-75c/s1600/IMG_0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ueoCgNJsTDg/VskSU94PmjI/AAAAAAAANpU/HPu80G2-75c/s320/IMG_0020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Bruce, my husband, doing his old job.... as a locomotive engineer. &nbsp; Thirty eight years passed by, although it felt slow at the time! Those days and weeks do end up reaching a goal eventually. &nbsp; He did work at another job in a different field for approximately ten years and is now fully retired. &nbsp;He has a birthday with a zero in it later this month and it gives you a pause to think on it. I know, I have my own 'zero' coming up too in March. &nbsp;He keeps busy on line doing <b><a href="http://caboosecoffeehobbies.blogspot.ca/">consignment sale</a></b>s for people downsizing their model railway hobby (or expanding it) &nbsp;and he also keeps <b><a href="http://caboosecoffee.blogspot.ca/">a blog</a></b> where he write his (98% true) railway stories. &nbsp;Its been a while since he last wrote but several people, including me, are nudging him back to the keyboard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvqJz30upCM/VsjYPtU8A6I/AAAAAAAANos/aJE2Yw4noFo/s1600/IMG_1516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvqJz30upCM/VsjYPtU8A6I/AAAAAAAANos/aJE2Yw4noFo/s320/IMG_1516.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's a wonderful supporter of my weaving endeavours, and also an invaluable help in the studio and lends a hand when it comes to beaming a warp. I get everything all set up and ready. Then he winds the back beam and I tension and detangle. We usually have a good chat about what ever is going on, or listen to some music and sing along.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We use brown wrapping paper as our separator (which we buy at the post office as it seems to be the right size, price and is sturdy). It gets to be a 'personal challenge' to see if he can get the paper on and keep it winding straight. &nbsp;Many of you might know how frustrating it is to have it going off wildly &nbsp;off track. &nbsp;I would cut it off, fold the edge over to straighten and carry on. &nbsp; &nbsp;Bruce got creative!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He noticed I had a length of &nbsp;half inch PVC pipe which I normally use to hang up and dry shawls over standing in a container.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibRbWP-dwGU/VsjUjmVCbYI/AAAAAAAANoI/yHHOkzeIqKo/s1600/IMG_2511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibRbWP-dwGU/VsjUjmVCbYI/AAAAAAAANoI/yHHOkzeIqKo/s320/IMG_2511.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He placed the PVC rod through the centre of the roll of paper and then nudged it back against the edges of the down treadles. &nbsp;He has the leading edge folded perfectly straight and uses the apron rods to line up and we start to beam.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uz3YwYyJw_c/VsjUkCEKJnI/AAAAAAAANoM/BydiPvdyW3w/s1600/IMG_2513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uz3YwYyJw_c/VsjUkCEKJnI/AAAAAAAANoM/BydiPvdyW3w/s320/IMG_2513.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WO4cQqmNBho/VsjVB-FkvmI/AAAAAAAANoU/WIhmriIsj3A/s1600/IMG_2515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WO4cQqmNBho/VsjVB-FkvmI/AAAAAAAANoU/WIhmriIsj3A/s320/IMG_2515.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bruce uses his feet and toes to gently tension the rod and the paper slides off under control and no wandering! &nbsp;He's such a clever clogs! &nbsp; We decided to take photographs and show the technique to you. This was 100% his idea and I must say it really works. No fighting with the paper and the six and a half yard warp went on very quick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So what was that warp you say? &nbsp; &nbsp; Have a peek.....&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3rx6EDe-N-4/VsjVz5lhrAI/AAAAAAAANog/DkqsRTHi_1I/s1600/IMG_2525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3rx6EDe-N-4/VsjVz5lhrAI/AAAAAAAANog/DkqsRTHi_1I/s320/IMG_2525.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>There's going to be some colourful show and tell soon.... stand by!http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/02/new-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-5794474818122438446Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:41:00 +00002016-02-09T10:46:47.076-08:008/2 tencelas threaded treadlingcolour gradationLouet Spring loomnetwork treadlingombre warp Moody Blues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that last project was fun to weave up and see the colour effect! &nbsp; &nbsp;I thought "let's try that again"! This time I used four colours instead of three: Navy blue, &nbsp;grey blue, whipple blue and baby blue. &nbsp;All 8/2 tencel and sett 24 epi. &nbsp;I have a nice selection of colours to play with at a time like this.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again, it was awkward to photograph effectively! &nbsp;But it was clear that there was a completely different look and feel to the project. The warp width and length was the exact same: &nbsp; 8.41" at the reed and 6.5 yards. The scarves were woven the same way: network and as-threaded.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8XIVrgOQsjM/VqsP4oysT3I/AAAAAAAANjY/LNYRdE5D-0Q/s1600/IMG_2464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8XIVrgOQsjM/VqsP4oysT3I/AAAAAAAANjY/LNYRdE5D-0Q/s320/IMG_2464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ag-xMDP7Gw/VqsQLUVUtMI/AAAAAAAANjg/JtqHynax-l0/s1600/IMG_2465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ag-xMDP7Gw/VqsQLUVUtMI/AAAAAAAANjg/JtqHynax-l0/s320/IMG_2465.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weaving went along well and I was pleased at how my knee was feeling with the exercise. It did swell slightly by the days end so I would elevate it and keep an ice pack on it.... plus pour a cold, well earned drink for me. &nbsp;Endless days of rain was the perfect weaving weather in the quiet days of late January.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below is the woven 'as threaded' scarf. &nbsp;Once again it has the look of flowers or circles and they are much more visible with this colour arrangement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-szMLaWrnE9E/VqsRI1YZaLI/AAAAAAAANj0/QdhavME2o08/s1600/IMG_2496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-szMLaWrnE9E/VqsRI1YZaLI/AAAAAAAANj0/QdhavME2o08/s320/IMG_2496.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did find some beads that were a good match for colour.... so there's a few in each corner. Somehow less was more this time round...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7cOfXRgJmpU/VqsRLhyQaLI/AAAAAAAANj8/DvEQgSgMu6k/s1600/IMG_2497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7cOfXRgJmpU/VqsRLhyQaLI/AAAAAAAANj8/DvEQgSgMu6k/s320/IMG_2497.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It looks sort of flat but that's due to my arrangement to show the pattern off. The tencel is soft and silky with a lovely drape and cool hand. &nbsp;I see either one of these paired with jeans and casual wear quite nicely for Spring.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_I--kydvvl8/VqsSZoCfBnI/AAAAAAAANkU/QahPTnxpFAY/s1600/IMG_2498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_I--kydvvl8/VqsSZoCfBnI/AAAAAAAANkU/QahPTnxpFAY/s320/IMG_2498.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The network scarf requires only ten repeats to equal one scarf. The repeats are six and a half inches long!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hMWvWOpuF_w/VqsSJaKFEtI/AAAAAAAANkI/w9gGLjdDEu8/s1600/IMG_2499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hMWvWOpuF_w/VqsSJaKFEtI/AAAAAAAANkI/w9gGLjdDEu8/s320/IMG_2499.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br />This one has some bead accents hand sewn in off the loom as part of the finishing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fdcZfxx2yEQ/VqsTIdSjcoI/AAAAAAAANkk/TbwgaMUzXw4/s1600/IMG_2501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fdcZfxx2yEQ/VqsTIdSjcoI/AAAAAAAANkk/TbwgaMUzXw4/s320/IMG_2501.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ztv8s8FXV8A/VqsTlWJZ4HI/AAAAAAAANk4/ZiICoX-b7S0/s1600/IMG_2502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ztv8s8FXV8A/VqsTlWJZ4HI/AAAAAAAANk4/ZiICoX-b7S0/s320/IMG_2502.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ei8xGtFE1hY/VqsTgUuBxRI/AAAAAAAANkw/pmA89ZKnqXw/s1600/IMG_2503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ei8xGtFE1hY/VqsTgUuBxRI/AAAAAAAANkw/pmA89ZKnqXw/s320/IMG_2503.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gxd2jX_q-e4/Vroz7BOThrI/AAAAAAAANls/JkG0o12FElA/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-02-04%2Bat%2B2.42.01%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gxd2jX_q-e4/Vroz7BOThrI/AAAAAAAANls/JkG0o12FElA/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-02-04%2Bat%2B2.42.01%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again, I had to drag every light &nbsp;into a huddle to shoot these pictures..... and today the sun came out in all its glory as I write. &nbsp; &nbsp;I might try retaking the pictures and see if it makes a difference!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that concludes my ombre style colour gradation &nbsp;exploration (for now). Its time to move onto something different. I get bored easily and so my runs of anything are limited. I couldn't be a production weaver as I would suck at my job &nbsp; :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here's a sneak peek at the next project..... to keep you coming back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-syx9Xaz8OUk/VrowmZ0CvtI/AAAAAAAANlg/dihkgXYReSU/s1600/IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-syx9Xaz8OUk/VrowmZ0CvtI/AAAAAAAANlg/dihkgXYReSU/s320/IMG_2482.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2016/02/moody-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Susan Harvey)3